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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Polar bears take action against Arctic oil drillers in Russia

Early this morning, a team of intrepid polar bears from Greenpeace visited Gazprom's flashy headquarters in Moscow. At the same time, activists from Greenpeace...
Posted by ben - 5 September, 2012 - 12:41 -
Greenpeace activists in inflatables are sprayed with hoses by Gazprom workers

Arctic Sea Ice: new record low is set in 2012

In the Greenpeace office, staff have developed a bad habit. We take our seats, switch our computers on and click on the bookmark to the National Snow and...
Posted by Clemence Lerondeau - 28 August, 2012 - 12:17 -

Saving the Arctic is environmentalism's biggest challenge yet

This month we are expecting to see a record ice melt in the Arctic. But this is not a world record we can celebrate. This is a wake-up call from planet...
Posted by John Sauven - 24 August, 2012 - 15:32 -
Activists board the Gazprom Prirazlomnaya oil drilling platform, Russia

LIVE: Arctic oil drilling platform occupied by activists

Prirazlomnaya.It’s certainly a mouthful, but it’s also the new name – and face – of Arctic destruction today. This giant Russian platform is set to be the...
Posted by jamie - 24 August, 2012 - 09:50 -
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Greenpeace uncovers Gazprom's expired oil spill response plan

We've been busy this week. We uncovered a startling secret that Gazprom has been keeping from the world: its oil spill response plan is out of date! But they'...
Posted by Jessica Wilson - 14 August, 2012 - 13:42 -

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