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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Not far from an ice-free Arctic

I am no doomsayer but the American National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has recorded a fall in the Arctic ice to its second lowest level since...
Posted by saunvedan - 29 August, 2008 - 10:56

Energy companies sued by Inuits over sinking village

I just found this great story via Treehugger: a small Inuit community is suing 24 big, bad energy companies, claiming damages due to climate change. The...
Posted by jamie - 28 February, 2008 - 14:37

Halting the Arctic 'goldrush'

All the available evidence indicates that global warming is melting the Arctic at an unprecedented rate. This summer's ice cover was the lowest since...
Posted by jossc - 28 August, 2007 - 14:01

Oil to burn in the Arctic?

After twenty years out of fashion, the term 'cold war' has become the hot favourite in Fleet Street once more. Not just because diplomatic relations...
Posted by jamie - 1 August, 2007 - 15:28

Message from the North: "Climate change is upon us"

A glacial melt lake in Greenland.It's becoming pretty obvious that the aviation industry is creeping closer and closer to the tactics of big tobacco and...
Posted by bex - 31 July, 2007 - 10:44

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