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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Campaign updates
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And we’re off! On Tuesday morning the Esperanza left Seattle to head for Alaska, the Bering Sea and the Arctic. As we sailed up the Puget Sound...
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After the Observer magazine cover
story about our Arctic campaign, there was a flurry of interest around the
statistic that we've lost 75% of the Arctic sea...
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executives of some of the world’s biggest companies – Aviva, Cairn Energy, RBS,...
Out in the cold: investor risk in Shell's Arctic exploration
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Shell: Dear Greenpeace, We know where you live...
Yesterday morning, staff at Greenpeace Germany received an important-looking letter from Shell - well, Shell’s Legal Services department. Over the next 24...
