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.

Campaign updates

78 Shell shutdowns, 24 arrests, 4 in custody, and 1 birthday in jail

Yesterday, we took action. We closed 78 petrol Shell stations in London and Edinburgh to protest against Shells mission to drill for oil in the Arctic. We...
Posted by Nic S - 17 July, 2012 - 15:57

VIDEO: going live and shutting down Shell

It's not often you get to be part of a major piece of activism and a 12-hour live broadcast at the same time. But that's exactly what's been happening today....
Posted by jamie - 16 July, 2012 - 15:00

Live: mass closure of Shell petrol stations in London and Edinburgh

It's action stations at the petrol stations. Right now, teams of Greenpeace volunteers are shutting Shell forecourts across London and Edinburgh. The teams are...
Posted by Nic S - 16 July, 2012 - 07:08
Sylvia Borren enters Shell HQ

New Shell CEO halts Arctic drilling

Today is an historic day for Shell. For years, Shell has been investing its money in polluting oil drilling. From the Niger Delta to the Canadian Boreal...
Posted by hayley.baker - 13 July, 2012 - 11:03

Drawing a line in the Arctic ice

Earlier today at the Rio Earth Summit, Greenpeace joined forces with a host of famous names to demand that the uninhabited area of the High Arctic...
Posted by ben - 21 June, 2012 - 18:25

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