Save the Arctic

The fragile Arctic is under threat from both climate change and oil drilling. As climate change melts the Arctic ice, oil companies are moving in to extract more of the fossil fuels that caused the melt in the first place. But above the Arctic circle, freezing temperatures, a narrow drilling window and a remote location mean that an oil spill would be almost impossible to deal with. It's a catastrophe waiting to happen. Greenpeace is working to halt climate change and to stop this new oil rush at the top of the world.

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Come together, to save the Arctic

1968. That was a hell of a year. The people were on the streets, revolution
 was in the air, we released the White Album, and perhaps the most
 influential...
Posted by Paul McCartney - 23 July, 2012 - 15:38

The chaotic case of Shell’s non-Arctic ready Arctic fleet

Over the weekend, Shell quite literally ran into further problems with its near-farcical attempts to drill in the Arctic when its dilapidated drillship Noble...
Posted by ben - 20 July, 2012 - 12:45

Today, the world calls Shell

Oh to be a fly on the wall of a Shell boardroom this week! Activists all round the world have been taking action to #TellShell to get out of the Arctic....
Posted by Nic S - 20 July, 2012 - 11:02

Shell’s Facebook moment of truth?

If there’s one thing to love about social media, it’s this: no matter how many millions companies like Shell throw at it, they’ll never crack it. Because they...
Posted by ben - 19 July, 2012 - 13:50

Twitter competition: join to #TellShell to stay out of the Arctic

Click on the collective badge of your choice to generate a tweet you can useShell is on the move to start exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Alaska....
Posted by JulietteH - 18 July, 2012 - 13:58

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