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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The navy seized the pod and our brave activists. Now Cairn is wielding a legal h

Cairn wields a legal hammer to stop us protecting the Arctic

Last night, Hannah and Luke, our two brave climbers, were removed from the Arctic survival pod that had been suspended from the underside of the 53,000 tonne...
Posted by ben - 2 June, 2011 - 18:25 -
Looking down from the pod at the Arctic waters below

Update from the Arctic pod: 48 hours and going strong!

We've now been suspended beneath the Cairn oil rig in our Arctic survival pod for over 48 hours.After leaving the Esperanza at 3am to scale the rig and then a...
Posted by hannah_gp - 31 May, 2011 - 13:27 -

LIVE: We're stopping Arctic oil drilling!

UPDATE: The Danish Navy has arrested our activists and seized the Pod after nearly 100 hours stopping Arctic drilling This morning we started taking direct...
Posted by jamess - 29 May, 2011 - 09:49 -

Video: Paula bears down on reckless oil drillers Cairn Energy

We took Paula Bear down to Cairn Energy's HQ yesterday to block their entrance and demand their oil spill response plan.We learned this week from confidential...
Posted by jamie - 27 May, 2011 - 17:26 -
Cairn's rig - the most controversial in the world - about to start Arctic drilli

Arctic drilling: A sinister presence

I'm writing this from the lounge of the Esperanza, and as I look to my right out of a porthole I can see the coast of Greenland. It's 15 miles away but the...
Posted by bens - 26 May, 2011 - 17:51 -

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