Several environmental groups sued President Donald Trump and top officials at the Interior and Commerce departments on ...

Who owns the Gulf of Mexico? What to know about Trump renaming it - The Gulf of Mexico is a major economic center for the US, ...

A Florida state senator has filed a bill to make the newly official name "Gulf of America" consistent throughout state statutes.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum began his tenure this week with a string of orders he said would “unlock America’s full potential in energy dominance and economic development.” The former ...

Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

In recent weeks, outgoing President Joe Biden and incoming President Donald Trump each issued a Presidential Memorandum to withdraw extensive areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for future ...

Monday, Trump signed an executive order that prevents new leases on the entire Outer Continental Shelf until the order is revoked. It also prevents the federal government from issuing new permits ...

Trump also signed an order declaring a national energy emergency, and an order imposing a temporary ban on new wind energy leases on the Outer Continental Shelf, and calling for government ...

Halts new or renewed wind energy leases in the area of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Subjects existing leases to review by the secretary of the interior Halts new or renewed permits and ...

The executive order suspends the sale of offshore wind leases and the permitting for such projects from all areas of the U.S. outer continental shelf, pending an environmental and economic review.

On Monday, Jan. 20, President Trump signed an executive order that called for a temporary withdrawal of all areas on the outer continental-shelf from offshore wind leasing and a review of the ...