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

Breaking: Greenpeace Nordic intercepts Shell ship (again)

Greenpeace Nordic activists have intercepted and boarded a Shell-contracted icebreaker, the Nordica, at open sea to continue the protest against Shell's...
Posted by JulietteH - 3 May, 2012 - 07:29 -
Mother and child in Oru Sangama following military raid

Shell admits funding Niger Delta "warlords"

A guest blog from Ben Amunwa, campaigner with oil industry watchdog Platform.  A recent video published online shows a Shell executive admitting...
Posted by BenAmunwa - 2 May, 2012 - 12:46 -

BREAKING: Activists occupy Arctic-bound icebreaker in Finland

Live streaming of Greenpeace Nordic activists occupying a Shell-contracted icebreaker in Helsinki harbour. Dozens of Greenpeace Nordic activists have boarded...
Posted by bex - 1 May, 2012 - 10:06 -
Cairn's tugs drag icebergs out the way of its Arctic oil drilling rig

10 reasons why investing in Arctic drilling is reckless – according to the world’s top risk assessors

Last week, Lloyd’s of London - the world’s leading insurer which sets the global standard for risk assessment - released a report warning investors not to rush...
Posted by sara_a - 19 April, 2012 - 17:58 -
"Polar bears" welcome delegates to the Russian Arctic Oil and Gas Conference, Mo

Arctic oil investment: dangerous, reckless and wrong

Whilst international investors and oil industry representatives have been meeting today in Moscow to hatch plans to drill for oil in the Russian Arctic,...
Posted by Igor Podgorny - 17 April, 2012 - 16:19 -

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