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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Downloadable DIY funkits to get ready for Aurora's parade

Get ready for #Iceride, the global protest against Arctic destruction! Download all your fun accessories here to get you looking great for Aurora's parade on...
Posted by Fran G - 2 September, 2013 - 14:36

Video: how to climb the tallest building in western Europe

Since the six of us climbed the Shard, many people have asked: how did we do it? How much training did it take? How did we go to the toilet?Now I can show you...
Posted by victoriah - 24 July, 2013 - 18:08
The Iceclimb team

Hell yeah, I'm scared, but I'm still scaling the Shard to save the Arctic

With any luck, as you read this I’ll be clinging to the side of the Shard, hundreds of metres up in the sky. But as I write this, with less than a week to go,...
Posted by victoriah - 11 July, 2013 - 08:26
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

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