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Save the Arctic? No thanks, says UK Energy Minister

Posted by bex - 15 June 2011 at 12:37pm - 14 Comments
Cairn's rig - the most controversial in the world - about to start Arctic drilli
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Cairn's rig - the most controversial in the world - about to start Arctic drilling

While our campaign to save the Arctic from risky oil drilling has been playing out in Greenlandic waters and Dutch courtrooms over the past few weeks, the UK government has stayed fairly quiet on the question of deepwater oil drilling in the Arctic.

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic18, climate change, go beyond oil, oil, oil spill

Meet the Arctic 18

Posted by nick_gp - 9 June 2011 at 12:05pm - 27 Comments
The 18 activists in jail for boarding Cairn's rig to demand the spill response p
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The 18 activists in jail for boarding Cairn's rig to demand the spill response plan

Our delegation of 18 from the Esperanza and Arctic Sunrise were arrested on board the Cairn oil rig Leiv Eiriksson on Saturday. Four days later they are still in jail.

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic18, cairn, climate, climate change, go beyond oil, oil spill
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