Save the Arctic

Last edited 14 March 2014 at 1:26pm

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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Shell and Gazprom - partners in Arctic drilling?

It started with Gazprom and it ends with Gazprom

It took one call from the crew on Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya rig to have an armed squad of Russia’s special forces there within an hour. The very next day,...
Posted by victoriah - 24 October, 2013 - 16:25
David Haussmann in court in Murmansk

A letter of thanks from David Haussmann, detained in Russia for a peaceful protest

David 'Haussy' Haussmann is one of the 'Arctic 30' detained in Russia and charged with piracy for a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling.Below is a...
Posted by jamie - 17 October, 2013 - 17:48

"Thank you very much for your kind words, love and care" - Marco's letter to you

Swiss activist Marco Weber, who is currently being held in a Russian prison along with 29 others following the storming of the Arctic Sunrise by Russian agents...
Posted by Fran G - 14 October, 2013 - 14:22

Letter home: "I'm preparing myself for a lengthy sentence"

Freelance videographer Kieron Bryan who was arrested when Russian special forces stormed the Arctic Sunrise on September 19th has written a letter home in...
Posted by petespeller - 14 October, 2013 - 11:27
Miss you, Daddy: message to one of the Arctic 30

Thousands join global day of support for Arctic 30

From Bali to Helsinki, Sydney to London and all points in between, supporters of the Arctic 30 have turned out in force today, demonstrating outside Russian...
Posted by jamie - 5 October, 2013 - 16:00

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