Oil Drilling on US Arctic Coast Put on Ice
Oil companies’ rush to find reserves off Alaska’s Arctic shores suffered a setback on Thursday after Shell said it would suspend its operations in the region, and possibly withdraw for good.
Great Barrier Reef Authority Approves Dredging And Dumping To Expand Port
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has approved a proposal to dump dredge spoil (about 3 million cubic meters 106 million cubic feet) from the Abbot Point coal terminal expansion in the Marine Park area.