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

How we slipped past Danish commandos

Picture of Sim from the US, setting up an occupation platform. Leila, on board the Esperanza, writes: Blimey, this is exciting! Up at 4am, the crew...
Posted by jamess - 31 August, 2010 - 12:29

Our action to go beyond oil

From this morning's ongoing action against Cairn's reckless drilling Just a moment ago we launched our inflatables at the crack of dawn in the misty Arctic...
Posted by lisavickers - 31 August, 2010 - 09:55

Letter to Sir Bill Gammell from Leila on the Esperanza

From Leila, campaigner on board the Esperanza... Dear Mr Bill Gammell, I am writing to you from the bridge of the Esperanza. My friends are currently...
Posted by jamess - 31 August, 2010 - 09:38

We've stopped Cairn's Arctic drilling

This morning, before dawn, our activists evaded a massive security operation and scaled Cairn Energy's controversial rig off Greenland. We've stopped their...
Posted by jamess - 31 August, 2010 - 09:35

How an Arctic oil rush will help suffocate the planet

Leila, climate campaigner on the Esperanza, writes from the Arctic...  Can you believe the Esperanza has been in the Arctic for a week now? When we arrived the...
Posted by lisavickers - 28 August, 2010 - 20:43

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