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    Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Up on Texas’ Gulf Coast

    Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Up on Texas’ Gulf Coast

    Tens of thousands of fish washed ashore along the Texas Gulf Coast Friday, following a massive “fish kill” caused by lack of oxygen in the changing season’s warmer waters, according to officials. The fish began to wash ashore about 65 miles south of Houston in Brazoria County, according to Katie St. Clair, the sea life […]

    Biden Admin Reinstates Nearly $190 Million in Gulf Drilling Leases

    Biden Admin Reinstates Nearly $190 Million in Gulf Drilling Leases

    The Biden administration on Wednesday reinstated nearly $190 million in bids from fossil fuel companies for an oil-and-gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico that had previously been invalidated by a federal judge.  The move was one of the compromises struck between Democratic party leaders and pro-fossil-fuel Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia in […]