Record Cargo Volumes Hit Southern California Ports in August
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which account for roughly a third of all U.S. container imports, have seen a surge this summer.
September 18, 2024$264 Million Offered for Gulf Oil Under Climate Compromise
NEW ORLEANS — Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on March 29 in a sale mandated by last year’s climate bill compromise.
March 29, 2023No Hurricane Has Hit US Energy Markets Like Ida Has
Just over 20% of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas production is back online after Hurricane Ida battered southeast Louisiana, marking an even slower comeback than in the wake of Katrina.
September 8, 2021Zeta, Now Tropical Storm, Leaves Trail of Blackouts Across South
Tropical Storm Zeta is spinning across the U.S. South after walloping New Orleans, blacking out 1.9 million homes and businesses and leaving a trail of wreckage from Louisiana to North Carolina.
October 29, 2020Zeta on Course to Hit New Orleans as Category 2 Hurricane
Hurricane Zeta is strengthening as it spins across the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to slam into New Orleans in the evening Oct. 28 as a Category 2 storm capable of uprooting trees and causing massive power outages.
October 28, 2020Hurricane Warning for New Orleans as Zeta Swirls Over Mexico
Storm-weary Louisiana is once again under a hurricane warning, with Zeta leaving Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on a path that could hit New Orleans the night of Oct. 28.
October 27, 2020Tropical Storm Zeta Threatens Mexican Resorts, Louisiana
Tropical Storm Zeta gathered strength as it bore down on the Mexican cities of Cozumel and Cancun, where it was forecast to dump heavy rain before turning north to threaten the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Mississippi with another direct hit.
October 26, 2020Louisiana Braces Itself for Hurricane Delta
Louisiana residents still recovering from the devastation of a powerful hurricane less than two months ago braced for another hit as Hurricane Delta steamed north through the Gulf on Oct. 8 after swiping Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
October 8, 2020Hurricane Delta Makes Landfall in Mexico
Hurricane Delta made landfall Oct. 7 just south of the Mexican resort of Cancun as an extremely dangerous Category 2 storm, downing trees and knocking out power along the northeastern coast of Yucatan Peninsula, but without immediate reports of deaths or injuries.
October 7, 2020Hurricane Delta Now Category 2, Roars at Mexico’s Yucatan
Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane with 110 mph winds Oct. 6 on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then grow to a potentially catastrophic Category 4 on approach to the U.S. Gulf coast this week.
October 6, 2020