Seems the gulf oil spill isn't only impacting the warm waters of the Gulf. Rather it's reaching northward to artic waters as well. In an article on Fox News, it seems that Shell Oil's $3.5 billion effort to explore the artic has come to a temporary halt due to a moritorium set as a result of the Gulf disaster. As the debate heats up among residents, environmentalists and petroleum companies, we'll see how this all shakes out at the end of this month.

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