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

Just how much will Shell sink into the Arctic?

Today, we published an advert in the Telegraph outlining a long list of disasters that have already befallen Shell and which demonstrate that Arctic drilling...
Posted by Fran G - 23 January, 2013 - 09:00
Shell's Arctic oil rig runs aground in Alaska

8 reasons why Shell can't be trusted in the Arctic

Shell's most recent 'mishap' a few days ago was not the first setback the oil giant has suffered in its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. In fact, it's the...
Posted by Fran G - 3 January, 2013 - 15:54

Greenpeace MPs briefing: Evidence Session with Arctic Oil Industry, 14th March 2012

This document provides an analysis of Shell’s oil spill response plan for the exploratory wells that the company is drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas,...
Posted by Fran G - 3 January, 2013 - 12:17
Shell's Arctic oil rig runs aground in Alaska

Shell's Arctic oil rig hits the rocks

In yet another example of just why drilling for oil in the Arctic is such a monumentally bad idea, Shell’s drilling rig, the Kulluk, has run aground off the...
Posted by ben - 2 January, 2013 - 14:08

You did it! Waitrose puts Shell relationship on ice

Today we received the great news that after only 12 days of our intensive campaign, Waitrose has announced it has put its partnership with Arctic oil...
Posted by sara_a - 12 December, 2012 - 13:34

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