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.

Campaign updates

Greenpeace TV: the Arctic Rising will be televised!

Last week we tried something new. We had teams out across the country shutting down Shell petrol stations to protetst their plans to drill for oil in the...
Posted by petespeller - 1 August, 2012 - 10:12 -

Today, the world calls Shell

Oh to be a fly on the wall of a Shell boardroom this week! Activists all round the world have been taking action to #TellShell to get out of the Arctic....
Posted by Nic S - 20 July, 2012 - 11:02 -

78 Shell shutdowns, 24 arrests, 4 in custody, and 1 birthday in jail

Yesterday, we took action. We closed 78 petrol Shell stations in London and Edinburgh to protest against Shells mission to drill for oil in the Arctic. We...
Posted by Nic S - 17 July, 2012 - 15:57 -

78 Shell shutdowns, 24 arrests, 4 in custody, and 1 birthday in jail

Yesterday, we took action. We closed 78 petrol Shell stations in London and Edinburgh to protest against Shells mission to drill for oil in the Arctic. We...
Posted by Nic S - 17 July, 2012 - 15:57 -

78 Shell shutdowns, 24 arrests, 4 in custody, and 1 birthday in jail

Yesterday, we took action. We closed 78 petrol Shell stations in London and Edinburgh to protest against Shells mission to drill for oil in the Arctic. We...
Posted by Nic S - 17 July, 2012 - 15:57 -

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