Meanwhile, a federal law directing millions in oil and gas revenues to Alabama remains branded as the “Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act” (GOMESA) on the U.S. Department of Interior’s website.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed two bills (HB 575, HB 549) that rename what's currently still known as the Gulf of Mexico in state law and public school textbooks.

Alabama lawmakers moved closer to renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Wednesday. The Alabama House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Committee, voting along party lines, approved ...

But some four to five centuries ago, mapmakers began to use the name we know today: Gulf of Mexico or Golfo de México —drawn, like the country’s name, from the Indigenous Nahuatl language.

Mexico has filed a lawsuit against Google after it changed the label for the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps platform to match US President Donald Trump's executive order to ...

If you go to the U.S. Geological Survey' website, you'll still see the Gulf of Mexico if you search for the Gulf of America but on the top of the page is a notation saying: "Per Secretarial Order ...

Mexico is suing tech giant Google for labeling the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America for U.S. users, after President Trump ordered the U.S. government to change the body of water's name ...

Mexico, as well as other countries and international bodies, do not have to recognize the name change. Mexico argues that Gulf of America should only apply to the part of the gulf over the U.S ...

The Gulf of Mexico has appeared on maps for centuries, but geographic name changes are common throughout history. This name change has an immediate impact on U.S. federal agencies that map or ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announces the recipients of $30 million in Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (GOMESA) funds from oil and gas lease revenues during an event on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024 ...