Weekly Environmental News – March 3, 2013

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Great Barrier Reef by Phil Camill< /a> via flickr

Shell Oil to suspend drilling for 2013 Big news this week as Shell Oil Company announced the decision to suspend drilling in the Arctic Ocean for 2013. Give them some applause, if you’d like, for taking safety precautions, but hold off on the standing-ovation; they plan to resume drilling in 2014.

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Weekly Environmental News – February 25, 2013

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The top stories included a climate rally over a proposed Keystone XL pipeline, a simple way New York City could reduce its carbon footprint, the rapid loss of grasslands due to federal biofuel mandates, the outlook for wild weather, and what happens when fish take antianxiety drugs.

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