One of the world’s rarest whales lives in just one place: the Gulf of Mexico, where the Trump administration wants to expand oil and gas drilling that scientists fear could push the monster to extinction. Endangered Rice’s whales spend their entire lives in the bay, where they are vulnerable to shipwrecks, noise pollution, oil spills … Read more
Donald Trump is sending the so-called “God team” of top officials to remove protections for endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, which is said to protect national security by expanding the activities of the oil and gas industry. If successful, the system could kill many protected species – from Rice’s whales and cranes to … Read more
During the first half of January, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Mexican oil company, repaired a pipeline containing crude oil that was thought to contain more than 19 square kilometers (50 km2), which runs from one of the oil platforms in the Cantarell field to the Dos Bocas facilities. The location of the spill is one … Read more