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

LIVE: we've scaled and occupied Cairn's Arctic rig

UPDATE: Force 7 gales have forced the activists down from the rig and to safety. But the campaign continues - stay tuned.It's the only rig on the planet that...
Posted by jamess - 22 April, 2011 - 07:03 -

LIVE: we've scaled and occupied Cairn's Arctic rig

UPDATE: Force 7 gales have forced the activists down from the rig and to safety. But the campaign continues - stay tuned.It's the only rig on the planet that...
Posted by jamess - 22 April, 2011 - 07:03 -
Melting icebergs in the path of rigs in the Arctic, the latest oil frontier

Place your bets in the Arctic oil casino!

Drilling in the Arctic is a risky business. So it’s a good thing that the only company with a license to drill in the Arctic isn’t comparing the whole...
Posted by Richardg - 30 March, 2011 - 11:04 -
Oil companies are taking their drills to the Arctic

Who's going to defend the Arctic?

The masters at Marvel comics would struggle to find bad guys worse than these. Take two of the world’s biggest environmental villains – Russian Rosneft (...
Posted by jamess - 18 January, 2011 - 17:43 -
Oil companies are taking their drills to the Arctic

Who's going to defend the Arctic?

The masters at Marvel comics would struggle to find bad guys worse than these. Take two of the world’s biggest environmental villains – Russian Rosneft (...
Posted by jamess - 18 January, 2011 - 17:43 -

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