
Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease invalidated by judge
On Thursday, a federal judge annulled an oil and gas lease in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Judge Rudolph Contreras...

Dead zones expand in the Gulf of Mexico and on Oregon coast
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last week that the dead zones...

Conservationists in Florida are making the ultimate effort to protect manatees from tourism
Captain Ross Files sees ripples on the surface of the water down a side canal and instructs Captain Steve Browning...

Giant manta ray nursery discovered in Gulf of Mexico
Researchers have identified the first recognized giant manta ray nursery in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine...

Load up on Tabasco while you can - because the island it comes from is being swallowed by the sea
If your idea of the perfect Bloody Mary involves a dash of Tabasco, better stock up while you can. Over one hundred...

VIDEO: 60,000-year-old preserved underwater forest discovered in the Gulf of Mexico
When Hurricane Ivan formed in 2004, it did more than devastate regions of the Caribbean and the United States’...

Gulf of Mexico’s "dead zone” in 2017 could be the largest on record
When humans abuse the environment and dump nitrate-and phosphorous-heavy pollutants into rivers, lakes, ponds and...

Trump plans to sell 73 million acres of federal waters to oil and gas industry
Already Donald Trump's administration is following through on his so-called America First Energy Plan, which really...

The deep-sea lake that kills whoever wanders in
Scientists have discovered an otherworldly brine lake around 3,300 feet under the surface of the ocean in the Gulf...

New Orleans' $14.5 billion rebuilt levees won't fight a Category 5 hurricane
An often-repeated truth about Hurricane Katrina is that the events of August 29, 2005 were not a natural disaster...

Water catastrophes: lessons from the 2014 chemical spill in West Virginia
In January 2014, an estimated 10,000 gallons of 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol (or MCHM for short) spilled from...

Why is this Inhabited Louisiana Island Sinking into the Gulf?
Much has been written lately of the devastating coastal land loss that is dragging southern Louisiana into the...

Massive Red Tide is Devastating the Northeast Gulf of Mexico
A disturbing menace is invading southwest Florida - and it's killing kills sea turtles, sharks and fish while threatening...

BP Oil Exports Disrupted as 14-Foot Marlin Attacks a Rig Hose in Angola
While human activists protest the fossil fuel industry on land, some underwater residents are taking matters into...

EPA Unbans BP in Time for New Gulf Oil and Gas Contracts
The US Environmental Protection Agency just announced that it has ended its government contract ban against British...