I guess my pessimism yesterday was not justified. We haven't won the war, but we won the battle for this year on offshore drilling in the United States. All plans for exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean have been suspended, there will be no deep ... Read more >

Originally posted by Greenpeace US.

The news today out of Washington has been somewhat promising, but these are small steps in a very long march towards a clean energy economy — an economy with none of the potential for massive ecological destruct... Read more >

Like most people following closely news of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, it didn’t escape us this morning that the Obama administration had leaked news that Arctic drilling plans will be suspended for this summer. Like less people, it also di... Read more >

On the wake of the Deepwater Horizon, there are calls left, right and centre to increase the security of oil rigs, improve oil spill response and whatnot. This is good, but far from sufficient. What we need to address is the world's dependence on oil,... Read more >

Written by Almudena, this is a round up of the day's news featuring Greenpeace issues.

Rivers of oil spreading over the ocean after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Platform Explosion

Five times more oil a day than previously believed is spreading into... Read more >