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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Aerial of an oil spill in a forest near Surgut

Russian oil spills damaging impact on local wildlife and the environment

Denis Sinyakov, who covered Greenpeace’s expedition to the Rosneft’s oil fields, is a Moscow-based Russian photographer, who worked as a photo editor and a...
Posted by Fran G - 2 July, 2013 - 12:49

Save the Arctic from Shell and its Russian friends

The Arctic is once again under attack from oil companies. Over the past year we’ve seen just how reckless Arctic drilling is. Shell, one of the world’s...
Posted by ianduff - 2 July, 2013 - 08:00
The Arctic Sunrise and the Esperanza intercept Cairn Energy's controversial Arct

Risky business: How shareholders, pensions and councils are being exposed to the risks of Arctic oil

Drilling for oil in the Arctic – is it literally crazy?  Because it is driving some of the biggest companies in the world to exhibit what can only be...
Posted by Charlie Kronick - 21 May, 2013 - 19:22

I Love Arctic meets Arctic Council

The air was abuzz this morning in Kiruna. As delegates and press were mingling in the breakfast hall, Foreign Ministers were entering their policed motorcades...
Posted by Markus Power - 17 May, 2013 - 17:59

Save The Arctic like a Rolling Stone at Glastonbury and other 2013 festivals

This year, Greenpeace returns to Glastonbury and it will be massive! But we need a lot of help. Would you like to come with us? We’ll be there with The Rolling...
Posted by Anne Cauvin - 26 April, 2013 - 18:15 -

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