NEW ORLEANS, LA -- A pre-dawn fire has been extinguished on an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and there is no sign of pollution in the area, authorities said Thursday.

"Swimming in a toilet" -- that's what one fire department likens taking a dip in the water along our coast right now.

Texas Officials Liken Gulf of Mexico Bacteria Levels to Toilet Water Officials say the rise in bacteria levels off the coast of Galveston pose a health hazard to swimmers.

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which president Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will be ...