What do you think we should be doing to save the Arctic?

Posted by bex - 13 February 2012 at 10:46am - Comments

Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man recreated on Arctic sea ice by John Quigley

As I write, major oil companies like Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron are planning their moves into the Arctic to exploit its vast mineral resources. The five Arctic states are beginning the process of carving up the high north. Meanwhile, the ice keeps melting – we’ve now lost 75 per cent of Arctic sea ice in just 30 years. The global battle to protect the Arctic - from oil exploration, from industrialisation and from climate change – needs to be ambitious, bold and successful. So we’re asking you: what do you think we should we be doing to save the Arctic?

Last year, you helped to make sure that Cairn’s oil spill response plan was published – and exposed as deeply flawed. You challenged VW’s stance on climate change laws, dividing the car industry around this critical issue. You pushed to get the Arctic onto the UK’s political agenda by asking David Cameron what his plans were to protect the Arctic.

All of this has brought us a step closer to saving the Arctic. But as the high north grows more vulnerable to industrialisation, as the ice melts, as the oil companies move in and the geopolitical battles over its resources heat up, we need to step up our efforts to protect it – and quickly.

In the coming months and years we need to campaign boldly - and successfully - to save the Arctic. This is going to need a lot of help from you. So we want to know:

What do you think we should be doing to save the Arctic?

Comment on our blog, share your ideas on Facebook or Tweet with the hashtag #SaveTheArctic.

If you’re in need of inspiration, have a look at our Antarctica campaign, which eventually resulted in the signing of The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty and the establishment of 'World Park Antarctica'.

Update: Scroll down to the bottom of the comments and click on the last page to view the latest comments.

Article tagged as: antartica, arctic, arctic drilling, climate change, climate impacts, take action

Comments Commenting is now closed

Re: What to do to save the Arctic, I think we should stay out of there. The industrialization will only heat it up more, and all the ships will break up more ice, making it vulnerable to further melting. Add in a couple of wars as countries argue over resources, and pretty soon it's a hot spot.

By P Smith - 14 February 2012 at 2:53pm

Start a world wide movement encouraging absolute birth control. No more children for ten years.

Let everyone know that having children is the single most destructive act you can commit against this planet!

That will save the Arctic.

It will also save the rest of the world at the same time.

By Anonymous0476 - 14 February 2012 at 3:05pm

please stop this blatant destruction NOW.

IT MUST END TODAY.

By mez girl - 14 February 2012 at 3:23pm

We gotta stop stop STOP our global dependancy on oil, STOP drilling the artic and antarctic regions for oil, go back to SUSTAINABLE bio fuels, we have the technology, we have the know how, we have the infastructure, we just gotta have polititians who are not corrupt and answering to and for the oil companies. we gotta put more pressure on polititians and world leaders before it's too late... gotta gotta gotta got to... before it's too late... §

By Tom Currant - 14 February 2012 at 3:27pm

We need to reduce our consumption of oil, particuarly that obtained from the more envronmentally sensitive sources. We could do this immediately by refusing to buy fuel from or fly with airlines who use fuel from companies who harvest such fuel.

We need to get people to understand that the planet took millions of years to effectively lock CO2 into these deposits we are now expecting the world to cope with it's release in a couple of hundred years!

The key thing is to stop and reverse population growth - stop paying people to breed (infact we need to tax people if they have more than 2 children).

By Pete O - 14 February 2012 at 3:41pm

Educate those who do not understand the effects of the artic melting. This means targetting the NON- greens, the Joe Blogs, and straight away give them positive solutions they can apply so that they do not feel helpless.

By Fliflahara - 14 February 2012 at 3:53pm

Write to Obama, boycott Shell.

"The Obama Administration has just given Shell a tentative go-ahead to begin drilling this summer off the coastline of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — the polar bear's most important denning ground in Alaska. An oil spill is all but assured if the company moves forward with full-scale oil production. Even worse, the oil industry has no proven method for cleaning up oil in the Arctic's ice-filled waters. So the death toll of oil-soaked and poisoned polar bears, whales and seals would be unimaginable."

-Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., NRDC Senior Attorney

By A.Milner - 14 February 2012 at 5:17pm

I think a lot of people have become immune to reports on "green issues" (issues that actually affect us all, our Planet, and the other living creatures we share it with). People may even be labouring under the illusion that adequate measures have been put in place to combat the most serious environmental threats. I do not think the majority of people are fully aware of what is happening, so I think raising awareness of the problems in the Arctic is key. Utilise every media source possible to keep getting the message out there (newspapers, magazines, social media - facebook, etc.). Get high profile celebrities on board to promote the message. Encourage people to vote ethical parties into power. Perhaps also add a less serious element like you did with the VW campaign - I think those Brian videos really captured peoples' attention. I think you are doing a great job and thanks for all your hard work.

By Marie Dunnion - 14 February 2012 at 5:39pm

All countries want to improve their standard of living.Since the Industrial revolution in Britain this has been possible in all subsequent developing countries.The problem is that it has never been done in a sustainable way.Improvements to living standards have always come at the expense of the environment.Everybody worldwide has to make a contribution and only governments that represent nations have the ability to acheive this.

The various international meetings on climate change seem to have acheived very little.Since it all started here I feel we should have started leading the way years ago but it's no use looking back.We need,in this country, to set an example to others and promote sustainability at the highest levels with our own diplomatic powers and those of other nations.The biggest threat is over population.I believe worldwide we are now at seven and a half million and we will run out of food at nine.The answer is not to promote more food growth but to reduce the world birth rate now!

By Mike Bradley - 14 February 2012 at 5:40pm

How to save the Arctic.

If oil is made worthless, then they're wasting their time and "oh so precious money" in the Arctic.

"The Energy Machine Of T. Henry Moray" by Moray B. King, (buy the book), explains how a 50lb machine produces 50KW of electricity - page 23. One machine per street, I guess.Electricity is tapped from space via an aerial and stored in vacuum tubes.

If these machines are mass-produced, we can enjoy an infinite and free supply of electricity. Hence, oil will be worthless.

Greenpeace needs to get one of the large energy companies to put some money into it and get the thing moving.

By SL Baker - 14 February 2012 at 5:54pm

I do agree that an international Moratorium on oil drilling needs to be applied to all oil companies and Arctic nations, but massive public support to protect the Arctic is also needed. Currently, the corporate media appear to be virtually ignoring climate change and environmental threats and they mustn't be allowed to do this.

In the short term, indigenous peoples of the Arctic - working alongside Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth - need to stage direct non-violent action to stop the oil drilling. Then maybe the Media Machine might wake up and take notice....

By Dominic - 14 February 2012 at 6:20pm

who has the rights to allow drilling in the Arctic?!!; what we need is a coming together of all pressure groups under one banner Save Our Home; if Greenpeace, Friends of the earth, WWF, United Nations, Amnesty, Avaaz, 38 degrees etc come togetheras one ; we seem to feel powerless in the face of big business and the corruption that surrounds these big decisions ; name and shame companies and politicians who get paid by the big lobbies, boycott oil companies

By clive martin - 14 February 2012 at 6:53pm

Thanks for tapping supporters views in this time of dire need in an unpreplanned way,that's something many organisations don't do.I can't offer a lot but i see two major stumbling blocks to our saving this beautiful planet of ours: 1.Rapidly increasing population leading to ever greater selfish desperation.Effectively counteracting the power of the pope would help here and also providing contraception and education to the poorest people.2.Getting the media on our side particularly in the USA and UK,I suspect alternative media needs to be set up here as most of the tabloids are beyond redemption.

If we don't act I suspect nature might have something up her sleave,maybe a massive disease epidemic.The nicest options would be extreme weather events hitting the the worst offenders hardest and a big outbreak of sterility that doesn't hurt anyone.

By Steve H. - 14 February 2012 at 6:57pm

I agree with many of the comments posted. We need all governments of the world to look to themselves and to stop exploiting the forests and plants millions of trees, stop killing the animals in them, stop burning fossil fuels and keep down their human populations with education and responsible family planning. They also need to embrace non-polluting sources of energy and hurry to produce more efficient energy producing mechanisms that do not in turn pollute. We should have a no go zone around the Arctic and Antartic and keep the oil companies well away. We should also have marine reserves so that our fish populations can recover before their populations no longer exist. This needs to be done NOW before it is too late for the human race and its wonderful and varied wild life.

By ias - 14 February 2012 at 7:26pm

the quirky answer and the simple answer is trees

cutting down the rainforests must stop

plant more trees at grass roots level

By garw - 14 February 2012 at 7:48pm

Stop lecturing people. They(we) are sick of it. Stop writing alarmist articles. When the 'catastrophie' doesn't occur your reputation sinks lower, and lower, and lower, and lower, and then when you do have something to say nobody is listening any more. So you shout louder, make the next article even more alarmist, and the cycle starts again.You sink lower, and lower, and lower....

You continually shoot yourself in the foot.

By DaitheSci - 14 February 2012 at 8:02pm

@
Steve H. - 14 February 2012 at 5:57pm

"The nicest options would be extreme weather events hitting the the worst offenders hardest"

What an utter piece of filth you are.

By DaitheSci - 14 February 2012 at 8:04pm

Antonia88 has it spot on I couldn't have put it better!

By Toad - 14 February 2012 at 8:21pm

We have to target our MPs. They all want to get re-elected! Let them know this won't happen, if they continue to support the oil companies who are destroying our World.

By Dave Callow - 14 February 2012 at 8:24pm

Aside from apocalyptic or homicidal solutions - shoot "Them", etc - it does seem that renewable sources of energy are the only solution, albeit palliative at first, things having got very serious pollution-wise. So, pushing for those new renewable energy industries and not taking "No" for an answer is at least part of the way. That this means a profound change in our ways of living should go without saying. We are part of the ecology of the Earth, not masters of it.

By petrus - 14 February 2012 at 8:30pm

Designating Antarctica as a World Park would be a great achievement!

To start towards achieving that, a global social media campaign (on the lines of Avaaz or 38 Degrees) could unite citizens in focusing pressure on politicians and shareholders in mining and fossil fuel corporations.

Protecting Antarctica as a World Park is the next challenge. The social media campaign would need to be complemented by a campaign of Boycott, Divest, and Sanction against those corporations that persist.

But although corporations and the media are leading the way to disaster, the destruction of the planet's ecosystems is inevitable if we support industrial consumer capitalism, with its ideology of unlimited growth.

The war on Iraq, the systematic denial of climate change, and the global financial crisis show that corporations will stop at nothing to continue their destructive habits, and that politicians and the mainstream media are more than willing to collude.

If we respond to the unfolding economic and ecological crisis as individuals, as consumers, then we are bound to fail. We must recognize the social justice aspect of the environmental crisis and act collectively, as citizens. In this, we have much to learn from the decent people who make up the global ‘Occupy’ movement.

By David Cross - 14 February 2012 at 9:52pm

I am a choreographer and I am using my practice to highlight the current environmental crisis and need to protect the environment by the work that I am making. Please see more information here http://www.rosalindmasson.moonfruit.com/#/our-oceans-are-drowning/455348...

Over this year I will be developing the work and hoping to link up with organisations to educate through movement and perform the work.

Please let me know if you are interested to connect and support this project. I would be DELIGHTED to have Greenpeace on board or be onboard with Greenpeace in some way.

Kind Regards,

Rosalind MAsson

By Rosalind Masson - 14 February 2012 at 9:53pm

This is in regards to the e-mail I recieved recently of the topic of how to get better involved. I answered with 'join a group in my area', but to be honest I'd be more than happy to be involved in any way really. I think knowledge is the key and like 'JMT' has said, make the younger generation more aware, because - after all - they are the ones who are going to have to deal with it. I love the cause and being part of the solution.

Thank you for keeping us all in the loop!

By Anna Wakefield - 14 February 2012 at 9:58pm

To exploit the Arctic and Antarctic Scores a double whammy against the Planet -----------

1.It destroys the pristine wilderness.

2.And,we should not be burning fossil fuels anyway.

We must create World Parks in these areas!!!

Please continue urgently to canvas public opinion to build up the petition.

Your supporters are right behind you Greenpeace!!!!

By Mike Carpenter - 14 February 2012 at 10:47pm

Man will exploit every resource possible and continue to make the currently impossible resources possible to be exploited, for his material selfish gain.

The way to protect the artic is to make man's gains unneccesary . Establish a way to make it better for man to protect the artic than destroy it.

By John D - 14 February 2012 at 11:09pm

Dont know how to do it , but speaking as someone who "practices" shamanism people need to see that all of life is one and we (humans) are all part of it . At the moment people are destroying something they are part of because we have become isolated from nature . We may be the latest species to appear which leads (some/lots of) us to believe we are the best . We may well be the guardians at some point but at the moment we are the children on this planet who (some of us) seem to be be starting to understand how to behave and live with our mother (earth). What we need is to establish our connection (a deep empathy) with all that is . . . . . . . . . . . . then we will understand what life is .

By pagan dave - 14 February 2012 at 11:18pm

With recent developments in the oil sands expansion it seems unlikely we will have much hope of saving the artic or our fresh waterways. Our Prime Minister and Mr Oliver have made it abundantly clear environmentalists will not stand in the way of the Northern Gateway pipeline. This is further supported by contracts for 25,0000 new camp site units. This year there are 75,000 beds in use at the camps and that number will dramaticly climb in the next three years. This is only the beginning. You ask how can we protect the Artic...it is already too late.

By Aleyna - 14 February 2012 at 11:19pm

We can only save the arctic if we to stop global warming. To manage that, we need to stop the deforestation of the worlds rain forests which produce most of the oxygen. Most important, we should push for renewable technologies like wind power, hydrogene-powered airplanes, cars, hydrogene-power plants and make nuclear fusion, wich is still being researched and does not create a carbon footprint or radion-activity. If we further convince people to decrease or stop the use of oil, than the oil companies will lose their market and income and will finally stop drilling for oil. At the same time, we could try to push for a world park in the arctic or at least marine reserves.

I think, Greenpeace could achieve that if they also started working together with scientist, who research renewable energy sources and other organisations like WWF. I think, if all the excisting organisations which push for an end to global warming, started working together, then there would be agreater chance of stopping global warming and saving the arctic.

Jakob B.,

Greenpeace supporter.

By Jakob Brunner - 14 February 2012 at 11:27pm

There's not enough awareness. Joe public are just not talking about it, taking it seriously or believing it. As much as it makes me cringe, we could do with a few 'stars' on board to premote the cause and make it cool. (eeww I can't believe I just said that) If we could get a couple of soap stars to wear a t-shirt saying 'save the arctic' or 'in too deep' or something then every soap loving tom, dick or fanny will want one and maybe even want to know why they want it.

The Presidents and leaders already know what's happening and so long as they have power and money they don't seem to care. It's the small fry that don't seem to get it, yet they're are the ones who can change this by pressuring the governments and leaders. It was ok to send kids up a chimney once apon a time. What made it not ok? That is what we need to tap into to change the thinking and the behaviour of the general public. Make them feel that polluting behavior is as weird as going to work in your underpants or that telling world leaders how they want their world to be by protest is as natural as drinking when you're thirsty.

By parlyparty - 14 February 2012 at 11:38pm

1 person agrees

The most important thing we can do is to ensure that everyone nows exactly what is being done in arctic waters , by whom and for what purpose.We also need to know who, if anyone, is in control and how we can influence them.

By David Carter - 14 February 2012 at 11:40pm

I like the idea of a World Park for the Arctic. All oil companies should be banned, no exploration or drilling and heavy fines for those who ignore the rules. Much publicity all over the world in as many countries as possible. Let children in all schools do posters re the protection of this valuable place and flood the world with these. It might finally get into the thick heads of some of our world leaders and they might start the ball rolling. It is worth a try!

By Joan Sanger - 14 February 2012 at 11:41pm

1 person agrees

Overpopulating the planet puts us all at risk of extreme environmental and social consequences that we are beginning to witness today.Every day, the planet sees a net gain of roughly 250,000 people. Not just climate change and pollution, but almost every negative trend can be traced to over-population. Loss of bio-diversity, loss of habitat, loss of species, loss of resource, loss of life quality. They're all inter-related but the common thread is mankind's inability to control its own breeding.We, humans are destroying the planet, and the more of us there are, the quicker the destruction is taking place.7 billion and rising fast. The only solution is Negative Population Growth.We are living much longer and we breed much more. Plus, the mortality rates are lower.Human population is increasing at exponential rates, world population has doubled since 1970.We MUST start mass protests against human breeding.Silence is not an option anymore.

By Sandra Knight - 14 February 2012 at 11:46pm

Last year's end of year survey questioned about the idea of trying to create a new country in the arctic, does anybody know what happened to this idea? Was it unworkable?

The only idea I can think of is a mass congregation in the arctic, or even a long term occcupation of certain key areas

By nick haines - 15 February 2012 at 12:33am

I have developed a campaign that was vry close to being realized but did not get all the funding required. I think that the campaign is perfect for greenpeace as it is amed at educating individuals about electric vehicles and renewable energy and is also a direct action protest of oil. Contact me if you want more info. It is worth your time to hear about it.

Pembina supported it

By waday - 15 February 2012 at 12:53am

Don´t say "It´s unrealistic, it´s impossible..." Try the impossible. Don´t be limited by reality or your own mind. This was the way to save the antarctic.

SAve the arctic!

By Karsten Morgenstern - 15 February 2012 at 7:27am

Legal systems in all countries are based upon crimes against people and property.

A legal system that also takes into account Crimes Against Nature punishable in the same way would bring a new thinking and responsibility to those who profit.

By LB - 15 February 2012 at 8:11am

Hi Bex. You ask me why you haven't heard from me recently. It is because I have conflicting attitudes to Greenpeace. On the one hand, I strongly admire much of what you do, including your efforts to save the Arctic, and would very willingly contribute financially. But on the other hand, I feel that your efforts to prevent the development of nuclear energy are misdirected and have caused a lot of harm to our planet. I am unsure of how to navigate my way through these conflicting positions. Regards, Sandy

By Sandy Van Hoogstraten - 15 February 2012 at 8:28am

We need to be convincing people/us/consumers that we don't need all this new 'stuff' in our lives and especially new plastic and electronic stuff. The manafacture and even worse the waste won't stop until people stop needing/buying/using/ disposing of goods.

I'm not saying we need to move to life bereft of technology and possesions but as a whole we consume to a distructive level of excess.

It's a round-a-bout way to save the arctic but awearness and change in habitit will speak louder than anything else to the politicians and corporations.

By Poppy F. - 15 February 2012 at 9:19am

Maybe you should change the last part of your name in something more active!

GreenPeace => GreenAction, GreenFight, etc.

Then start hiring commandos and really protect the Amazon forrests and the Arctic from drilling.

Get a billionaire on your side and bribe off the workers to not work for those companies.

All this blabla is worthless. In the meanwile they are doing their business. After all this talk there will be no ice to protect!

Those people who run the big companies look at Greenpeace as at some
little annoyng fly. Nothing more. They think... "oh, those hippies
again..." The people too that stay all day long on a couch in front of
TV has no serious oppinion about Greenpeace. Ask my father if you
don't believe! All people leaves their lives as there is everything OK. They don't event think about environment.

Hire ninjas! That's the solution!

By Rudy, Romania - 15 February 2012 at 10:34am

We have to continue to reduce demand for oil. I gave up my car years ago and lost two inches off my hips from walking everywhere, harharhar! And I have no immune system- if I can do it, anybody can. I even walk 1 & 1/2 miles to work because it isn't on a bus route. IMO we have to start with ourselves- the government isn't going to do that.

By The Badger - 15 February 2012 at 1:01pm

Bring Environmental lawyers and Climate scientists together to legally define Green house gas emmissions as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) at the International Court of Justice (World Court) in the Hague. Prosecute all major CO2 polluters for "crimes against humanity" (because that's what it is) in the same way they would do if a government used chemical weapons on it's own population (because that's what CO2 emmissions are - in this case - the entire world's population). I believe that the Scientific community would back this challenge and could verify the "canary in the coal mine" importance of the Arctic region.

By Jeff Wasserman - 15 February 2012 at 3:58pm

I agree, a world-wide campaign to make the Arctic and the surrounding seas - previously covered by ice - a protected World Park like the Antarctic. The sheer numbers of people who would support this would outweight even the oil companies lobbying against. I think this is possible and this action should be the priority. Greenpeace should form a coalition with all the other NGOs and on-line campaign groups.

By Plum Jam - 15 February 2012 at 4:30pm

1 person agrees

I agree with David G. To stop the drilling we need decrease our reliance on oil. The solution is simple: take the bus. If as a society we spent half as much money on public transport as we do on private cars we would have a travel system that could take us from anywhere to anywhere at pretty much any time. Buses and trains are a lost more efficient with petrol than cars, and we would have clearer, less stressful roads.

By Pudding - 15 February 2012 at 4:31pm

Get other environmental groups to work together with Green Peace.

Even other groups like Save the Children. They say so many children will starve to death - is that due to the environment? Just feeding the children does not solve the problem in the long run. Actually it makes the problem worse.

Hold an International Idea Workshop – what to do and how, when.

Get the media involved, hit the news. We often see programs on TV about how serious climate change is, what the consequences of drilling etc in the Artic would be. But those programs are only seen by those who choose to watch the right chanel.

All too often when you talk to people about environment, you get the answer “really, I did´nt know that”. "Everything is OK where I live, enough food, no floods etc. why should I really worry about all this climate change. We really need petrol for the car, so far there has´nt been a shortage. Drilling in the Artic wont hurt if they are careful. I´ll do something about it tomorrow (which never comes)".

Actions at the Olympics – summer and winter, a very good idea.

Get “big names” involved – sport stars, film stars, business magnates (if they can forget their money!), royalty. Would making a film of all the natural catastrophies over say the past 12 months and showing that to politicians etc help to get the message into their heads.

Young people of the whole world are a most important target group

Competition in schools – maybe something like "We want our world" How do we keep it?

By Brita - 15 February 2012 at 4:52pm

I'd like to propose a post card campaign co-ordinated by Greenpeace going to carefully selected companies and governments. A simple message saying something like PROTECT MY ARCTIC - I don't give my permission for your risky exploits.

Greenpeace should personalize these postcards and send them off in mass mailings over the course of a week to the chosen recipients. News media would be alerted.

The project to be funded by contributors. I would be willing to contribute £1/£2 per card depending on cost, and Greenpeace could send out say 5-10 cards in my name to each of 5-10 chosen recipients selected by Greenpeace.

If media knows about this, a publicity campaign could be organized around companies and nations receiving their mass mailings.

By JSH - 15 February 2012 at 4:53pm

I suggest, among other things, a boycott of the oil companies involved in the worst arctic drilling.

So far Greenpeace is trying to disrupt at source, putting pressure on companies and politicans, but untapped is a major end-point of oil - petrol buying by the mass of the population as motorists. A boycott would be an attempt to engage with this area of vulnerability of the big companies.

Hopefully there may be one or two oil companies that are not prospecting in the arctic, or not doing so as much as the others. This or these companies could be singled out as recommended, the others to boycott. Research should uncover who supplies which big supermarkets.

It is very hard for most people to drive less. But it is not so hard to switch oil company bought from. It is something that many people could be willing and eager to do.

I thinnk that ordinary people are much more concerned about the environment than businesses and politicans. The terrific support for Occupy's challenge to the bankers from the 99% bears out out this kind of polarisation.

I think a huge proportion of the population, worried stiff about climate change, but only able to make small changes, wish they could do more. There could be tremendous support for an achievable boycott of the worst oil companies involved which could begin to keep arctic oil in the ground and thereby lessen the threats we face in the future. Such a boycott has the potential to sieze the public imagination, as the saving of the arctic is finite, large scale and involves the start of large-scale leaving oil in the earth.

By Kate Evans of - 15 February 2012 at 8:53pm

We have only one Earth. She is our mother for all posibilities of life. Let us not destroy this beautiful creation!

By M,Bemelen - 15 February 2012 at 9:09pm

1 person agrees

Publicize, Publicize, Publicize! Tell the World about the risks to the Arctic from big businesses ransaking the resources under the ice (now obviously more exposed), which is also why so many countries are fighting for "ownership" of the Arctic. Is it not possible for the whole world to "own" this fragile ecosystem rather than an individual country? I think though that linking the issue directly to Global Warming (even if it is) might just make people feel futile and unable to prevent these issues, when in fact the two issues can be separated into the immediate action (preventing commercialization of the Arctic) and longer term campaigning for lower CO2 (Im not trying to minimise the last point as its a critical one but is perceived by most people as such a huge problem or simply one for Governments to tackle).

The more people are aware of this issue the better and then demonstrate at EVERY inter-country meeting regarding the environment so you show the various Presidents and Prime Ministers that the rape and pillage of such a jewell cant be allowed to happen! Name and shame these companies and allow people to email/petition them directly. Lots of email traffic might help to create a negative media storm or image problem that, if significant enough, might effect their share prices and THEN they might take notice!

Heaven forbid there would be an oil or chemical spillage is such a delicate area! It would be caterstrophic, for the landscape and animals that call it home! Surely we can show people that we have done enough damage to the rest of the planet without polluting such a pristine part of the world?

By pamhill4 - 15 February 2012 at 9:37pm

Inoltrare agli amici, contributo per campagna di sensibilizzazione in lingua Italiana

Aumento eccezionale di emissione di metano in Artico

Sembra una questione che non ci riguarda (l'Artico è lontanissimo) ma il Metano provoca un effetto serra devastante. Seguo dal 2008 questo argomento ed ogni anno la situazione peggiora e di tantissimo.... Condivido il link ai vari articoli ed invito i miei amici più abili in internet a verificare e diffondere se lo ritengono opportuno.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZXlgcJZn8Gu_nyGa_W3_pDT5pl44Mqmx3tHcVbV7fMw/edit

By Ermanno Peciarolo - 15 February 2012 at 11:01pm

I think that you should find a good honest lawyer how deals in eco-genicide and move towards contronting these companies and their nations with enviromental damages that will cause survival problems for all the animals and people around the world. The melting of the ice effects everything, the sea levels are causing islands in the pacific and carribean to be abandonned with those people having to be re-placed to another country entirely. The effects of that drilling there will drastically effects the wild life their, in effect causing extinction of many and extinction of the innuit people, who make the effort to live in harmony with their enviroment.

Plus remember, for these companies to see the potential in drilling there is due to consumer demand putting money in their pockets in the first place. So I suggest to put this out in advertising , telling the general public that their oil in their cars, buying their plastic trinkets, buying food wrapped in plastic, using throw away plastic bags, etc etc is causing animals and people to be extinct who care for THEIR enviroment and have for centuries

And it will only be a matter of months when the inevitable will happen of an oil spill. Just like the major one in Alaska years ago, it will cause havoc to all wildlife, and the molecular structure of the sea , as it always done. While there was the big fisacoe about the oil spill off america, it was a distraction from what they were already up to in Greenland, without permission , keeping it hidden as of course their will be an out cry. So that alone is enough to go crazy about.

By patricia m - 16 February 2012 at 12:11am