Aerial photos released last week showed a miles-wide oil slick on the surface of the Gulf about two miles off Louisiana's coastline.
on the surface of the water about 2 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The slick appeared to stretch at least 12 miles and clean-up crews rushed to the area to try and figure out where the oil was coming from.In a satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies, an oil slick is shown on Sept. 2, 2021, south of Port Fourchon, La. The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday, Sept. 4, that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida.
The Gulf of Mexico is home to many oil and gas drilling projects. The Biden administration said this month that it would open millions of acres to further exploration in compliance with a court order mandating the government do so. The auction will encompass some 80 million acres of water along the Gulf of Mexico, and the sale of leases could result in more than
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