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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Activists board the Gazprom Prirazlomnaya oil drilling platform, Russia

LIVE: Arctic oil drilling platform occupied by activists

Prirazlomnaya.It’s certainly a mouthful, but it’s also the new name – and face – of Arctic destruction today. This giant Russian platform is set to be the...
Posted by jamie - 24 August, 2012 - 09:50
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Greenpeace uncovers Gazprom's expired oil spill response plan

We've been busy this week. We uncovered a startling secret that Gazprom has been keeping from the world: its oil spill response plan is out of date! But they'...
Posted by Jessica Wilson - 14 August, 2012 - 13:42

Paula Bear spotted roaming around Festivals

This summer we have been busy taking the ‘Save The Arctic’ campaign around the summer festival circuit. So far we have been to Nova, Latitude and WOMAD. Next...
Posted by Nic S - 10 August, 2012 - 13:28

Video: thank you for being a Greenpeace supporter

Having started here just a couple of weeks ago I knew that I was joining a dynamic, creative and passionate group of people. But when, on the first day of my...
Posted by phillip.murray - 26 July, 2012 - 11:19

It’s not often you can say that you made history

This week, people like you and me, all around the world, stood up to #tellshell – no. We don’t have as much money as Shell but we do have courage and...
Posted by Sarah Shoraka - 25 July, 2012 - 12:48

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