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

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 -

Together we can save the Arctic

The Arctic is under threat. As you read this, oil companies and politicians are plotting to carve up the icy north, extending their national territories and...
Posted by Andrew Davies - 21 June, 2012 - 12:20 -

Lucy Lawless: guilty, not sorry

Several months ago, I found myself on the precipice of committing a crime. I was crouched in darkness with a bunch of Greenpeace activists, preparing to occupy...
Posted by Lucy Lawless - 15 June, 2012 - 12:47 -

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