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

Why Shell’s spill response plan is a dog's breakfast

While we’re Tweeting from the rooftop at London's National Gallery (the banner is now down and Paula Bear is having a wander), we thought you might like...
Posted by ben - 21 February, 2012 - 18:53

Tweeting from the rooftops: Shell, keep out of the Arctic

It’s official. On Friday, Shell got a step closer to drilling for oil in our planet’s last wild ocean - the Arctic.  The company’s oil spill response...
Posted by bex - 21 February, 2012 - 17:00
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man Recreated on Arctic Sea Ice

What do you think we should be doing to save the Arctic?

As I write, major oil companies like Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron are planning their moves into the Arctic to exploit its vast mineral resources. The five...
Posted by bex - 13 February, 2012 - 10:46
In 30 years we've lost 75 percent of the Arctic sea ice

In 30 years we've lost 75% of the Arctic sea ice

If there's one fact to remember which underlines the urgency in protecting the Arctic it's this: in 30 years we've lost 75 per cent of the Arctic sea ice.That...
Posted by jamess - 10 February, 2012 - 09:57
Greenland's capital, Nuuk

Conversations with Greenlanders (and non-conversations with oil companies)

I’ve passed north of the polar circle on our trip visiting the west coast of Greenland. The temperature has dropped to -15C: snow is mounting outside my window...
Posted by Jon Burgwald - 23 January, 2012 - 13:41

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