Tag: U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Republican Group Wants to Restore Protection of Critical Military Region

A group of Republicans is seeking to reinstate protections for Florida’s Gulf Test Range in the Gulf of Mexico after they were removed as part of the Democrat-passed $749 billion Inflation Reduction Act. Congress passed the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act in 2006 that prohibited oil and gas development and exploration east of the…


Tropical Storm Mindy Makes Landfall on Florida Panhandle

MIAMI—A swath of the Florida Panhandle was under a tropical storm warning after Tropical Storm Mindy made landfall Wednesday night. The storm touched down over St. Vincent Island, about 10 miles (15 km) west southwest of Apalachicola, according to the National Hurricane Center. Mindy could cause as much as 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rainfall…