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Our campaign to save the Arctic is just beginning

The crew of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza in the Bering Sea As the Esperanza’s tour ends (see our summary and video below), our campaign to save the Arctic is just beginning. Activists around the world...

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Photo of the Month – July 2012

The July Photo of the Month is a powerful image of a Steller sea lion, its head raised high in the air against a beautiful panorama of the Alaskan Arctic. Sea lion, Dutch Harbor, Alaska    I like the...

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Saving the Arctic and what it’s got to do with Russia

Blogpost by Kumi Naidoo  Today marks my third visit to Russia, the last being in 2006 when I had the privilege of meeting President Putin to talk about the freedoms with which NGOs can operate in this...

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Truck-sized jellyfish and submarine dives

Biologist Kirk Sato embarks on submarine dives in the Arctic Watching the Esperanza move across the horizon of the Bering Sea, I realized I was about to embark on an experience of a lifetime. However,...

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Shell, it’s never too late to turn around

Greenpeace activists take action to protect the Arctic You’re walking home through air so hot and thick that your steps seem twice as hard and your breaths half as deep.  You can’t wait to step through...

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After one day, the Arctic shows Shell the door

Money don’t mean a thing in the Arctic. Shell has spent nearly $4 billion for the right to drill in the Arctic, but all that money can’t buy them safe conditions for drilling. After one day of...

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SUCCESS! Shell stops Arctic oil drilling for this year

One more polar bear spared for another year You did it. For over six months, huge numbers of us have been pressuring Shell to stay out of the Arctic. Well this morning, company bosses announced they...

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Arctic drilling is so cray cray

We all remember the hilarity that ensued in response to the “crazy ass honey badger.” Watch what the walruses have to say about their disappearing habitat.

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A ‘glacial pace’ just ain’t what it used to be

We’ve been saying it for awhile now, but you just can’t argue with science: the Arctic is in serious trouble.  To echo our favorite Reading Rainbow host Levar Burton, “don’t take our word for it.”...

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PHOTOS: Shell fumbles with ancient and hazardous rig in the Arctic

In another example of why drilling for oil in the Arctic is such a monumentally bad idea, Shell’s drilling rig, the Kulluk, has run aground off the island of Sitkalidak, near Kodiak in Alaska. The...

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8 reasons why Shell can’t be trusted in the Arctic

The Shell conical drilling unit Kulluk sits aground on the southeast shore of Sitkalidak Island about 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska Shell’s most recent ‘mishap’ a few days ago was not the...

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PHOTOS: From the Gulf to the Arctic, oil drilling doesn’t make sense

We arrived on Kodiak Island today, near the spot where Shell’s drilling rig, the Kulluk, ran aground several days ago. We were able to charter a small airplane to take us to survey the rig at its...

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Stop Shell from Drilling in the Arctic Before It’s Too Late

Looking at news tapes and pictures of Shell’s beached rig, the Kulluk, is an amazing sight. The Kulluk is now off the beach and in the middle of prime tanner crab grounds in Kiliuda Bay on Kodiak...

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Why you should know about the Arctic Council

Shell's Kulluk Drill Rig Runs Aground in Alaska While the thought of official councils — with their high-level policy workshops and multilateral task forces — is enough to send most sensible people...

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U.S. Dept. of Interior has 60 days to review Shell’s blooper reel

Crewmembers of the mobile drilling unit Kulluk evacuated after the rig floated around loose off Alaskan coast As many of you have read, Shell set out to prove to the world in 2012 with big oil conceit...

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Shell abandons 2013 Arctic drilling: Timeline of Greenpeace’s Shell campaign

For those of you who missed any of the drama from Shell’s season in the Arctic, the finale revealed-SPOILER ALERT-that 2013 Arctic drilling is a no go. While Greenpeace welcomes this news with a “hip...

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Drawing a line the in the sand, not in the forests.

At Greenpeace, we’re often working hard to help save unique and amazing forests in places like the Amazon and Indonesia. This week, we’re excited to announce a major victory for our unique and amazing...

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Seven Photos of Oil Spills You Need to See

Exxon's oil pipeline leaked 12,000 barrels of oil and water in Mayflower, Arkansas on March 29 causing 22 homes to evacuate. At least 22 Arkansas families can now tell you that oil pipelines leak....

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New Hope for the Arctic?

Often as an environmental campaigner, I find myself thinking the planet would be in much better shape if more thought was given, and caution taken, before industries are given free rein to exploit its...

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Drinking from the River

Our last wild places are falling into unjust hands. We’ve lost too much, so the thought of allowing criminals to pillage the Arctic slams my heart with rage. And when I say criminals, I do mean it. Our...

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