Save the Arctic

Emma Thompson joined Greenpeace UK Executive Director John Sauven to deliver a celebratory speech outside Shell’s London head offices this morning (Tuesday 29 September). Yesterday, the Anglo-Dutch oil major announced it was pulling out of Arctic oil drilling.

Reacting to news that Shell is ending its Arctic drilling programme, Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven said:

“Big oil has sustained an unmitigated defeat. They had a budget of billions, we had a movement of millions. The ‘unpredictable regulatory environment’ that forced Shell out of the Arctic is otherwise known as massive pressure from more than 7 million people. For three years we faced them down, and the people won.

Commenting on the news that the Arctic sea ice has reached its annual minimum extent for 2015 and is the fourth lowest extent on record, Greenpeace International Spokesperson Ben Ayliffe said:

Pamela Anderson, Stella McCartney, Kate Moss and Tom Hiddlestone are just some of the 60 iconic celebrities captured by award-winning photographer Andy Gotts MBE in his innovative Save the Arctic public photography exhibition.

This extraordinary collection of stars wearing Vivienne Westwood’s Save the Arctic t-shirt reflects a growing global call for protection of the unique and fragile Arctic.

See the full Save the Arctic collection here 

Canadian EEZ in the Pacific Ocean ­– Right now, Indigenous and environmental activists are speeding away from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza in small inflatable boats to confront Shell’s massive Arctic drilling platform, the Polar Pioneer, 35 nautical miles west of Vancouver Island.

Greenpeace’s Save the Arctic campaign has teamed up with award winning British creative agency Don’t Panic, and famous British montage artists Kennardphillipps, to create its next video targeting oil giant Shell and its plans to drill in the icy waters of the US Alaskan Arctic this summer.