Mexico

The ‘God squad’ has lifted the endangered species law to allow the US to drill in the Gulf of Mexico

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The 'God squad' has lifted the endangered species law to allow the US to drill in the Gulf of Mexico

A US federal panel on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a move that critics say could destroy endangered species of whales and harm other marine life. The Endangered Species Committee – which had not met for more than three decades – voted to … Read more

A Pemex pipeline repair ship was grounded for more than eight days at the site of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Map of the Pemex spill

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