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ARCTIC STAND-OFF: GREENPEACE SHIPS CONFRONT WORLD’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL OIL RIG

Last edited 1 June 2011 at 9:02am

Greenland, 24th May 2011– Two Greenpeace ships are in a tense stand-off with Danish navy commandos protecting an oil drilling operation in the freezing seas off Greenland.

24 May, 2011

The environmental campaigners have been involved in a week long search for the giant 53,000 tonne Leiv Eiriksson – the only oil rig scheduled to begin new off-shore arctic drilling operations this year. They found it last night 200 miles west of Greenland under escort by a Danish warship.

Greenpeace today released confidential UK Foreign Office documents, obtained under Freedom of Information, showing that the British government thinks an Arctic oil spill would be all but impossible to clean up.

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn energy, oil, oil drilling

Wikileaks reveals Arctic could be the new cold war

Posted by jamess — 12 May 2011 at 3:35pm - Comments
The Arctic resource scramble is sparking military tension
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The Arctic resource scramble is sparking military tension

UPDATE: Watch BBC Newsnight's feature on the Wikileaks Arctic files

Submarine explorers planting Russian flags under the North Pole. Military tension between Nato and Russia. US diplomats manoeuvring in the wings. Aircraft carriers lurking and strike fighters changing hands.

Sound like something from a James Bond plot? Unfortunately it’s not.

New Wikileaks releases today have shown the Arctic oil rush is not just a threat to the environment and our climate, but also to peace.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, go beyond oil, oil, oil drilling, peace, war, wikileaks

Destroying the Arctic for a three-year fix

Posted by jamess — 12 May 2011 at 1:52pm - Comments
Oil companies are taking their drills to the Arctic
All rights reserved. Credit: Nick Cobbing / Greenpeace
Oil companies are taking their drills to the Arctic

How much oil lies under that Arctic ice? 90 billion barrels, according to the US Geological Survey.

But, how much really is that? If you ask an oil company, that’s a huge amount. With a barrel of oil over the hundred dollar mark, that's nine trillion dollars worth at today’s prices – if you could get at it all.

However, there’s a much more important number than the mind-boggling figures that the oil companies deal in.

Article tagged as: arctic, BP, cairn, cairn energy, climate, climate change, go beyond oil, oil, oil drilling, shell

Greenpeace responds to Arctic oil drilling announcement

Last edited 10 May 2011 at 2:11pm
10 May, 2011

Reacting to the news that the Greenland government has officially granted permits to the Scottish company, Cairn Energy, to begin new oil drilling in the fragile Arctic environment, Ben Ayliffe, a senior campaigner for Greenpeace, said:

Article tagged as: arctic, cairn energy, climate change, deep water drilling, greenland, oil

Taking Control Of Energy In The 21st Century

Last edited 5 May 2011 at 5:21pm
Publication date: 
4 May, 2011

In a speech given at Chatham House on 4 May 2011, Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven set out the economic and environmental case for a revolution in the UK's approach to building a resilient, efficient and clean energy system.

You download a transcript of the speech, or listen to it below.

Download the report:
Article tagged as: chatham house, clean energy, climate change, energy, nuclear power, oil, renewable energy

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