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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Activists on Shell contracted drillship

Nine questions MPs should ask Shell about its Arctic drilling

Today, we’re in for a treat – another glimpse into the fantastical world of the Arctic oil spill response plan writer.  Shell and Cairn Energy – who have...
Posted by bex - 14 March, 2012 - 11:03

Slideshow: polar bears on parade

There never really needs to be an excuse to look at incredible images of polar bears in the wild, but today has been designated International Polar Bear Day by...
Posted by jamie - 27 February, 2012 - 16:21

Seven of us climbed up that drillship to stop Arctic drilling, but 133,000 of us came down

As we sat anxiously in the office last Friday waiting for the 'we made it' call we never dreamed that four days later we would have witnessed such a massive...
Posted by BunnyMcdiarmid - 27 February, 2012 - 10:57
Activists on Shell contracted drillship

Stand up for what we all stand on!

Day three and (nearly four!!) of occupying Shell's drillship the 'Noble Discoverer'. (What a pathetically ironic name.) It's been a tough couple of days but I'...
Posted by Ra_gp - 26 February, 2012 - 11:38

Breaking: Lucy Lawless and Greenpeace climbers board Arctic-bound Shell oil drillship

LIVE: Greenpeace activists are taking direct action against Shell's plans to drill the Arctic for oil. Follow the action live and support them by sending your...
Posted by bex - 23 February, 2012 - 20:26

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