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Greenpeace Delegation Scales Arctic Oil Rig to Demand Missing Spill Plan

Feature story | June 4, 2011 at 15:16

Eighteen Greenpeace activists have scaled a controversial Arctic oil rig 180km off the Greenland coast. They braved freezing seas to climb the huge legs of the rig then formed an orderly delegation to make its way to the drill manager’s cabin to...

New Wikileaks Revelations Shed Light on Arctic Oil ‘Carve-Up’

Feature story | May 13, 2011 at 9:44

New revelations by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks show how the scramble for resources in the Arctic is sparking military tension in the region – with NATO sources worried about the potential for armed conflict between the alliance and Russia.

Update: Arctic Activists Still Strong

Feature story | May 31, 2011 at 10:29

As global emissions continue to rocket, Greenpeace activists are safe and secure in their Arctic pod, preventing Carin Energy from dangerous drilling.

UPDATE: Drilling Suspended, Activists Arrested, Still No Response Plan in Sight

Feature story | June 4, 2011 at 19:41

Fourteen Greenpeace activists who boarded the giant Liev Eiriksson oil rig to ask for copy of its oil spill response plan have been arrested and flown off. Meanwhile, drilling remains suspended, as four more Greenpeace activists have taken up...

Dutch Judge Calls on Oil Company to Release Secret Arctic Oil Spill Plan

Feature story | June 7, 2011 at 9:09

While Carin Energy was hoping for a multimillion injunction to stop Greenpeace protests, the Dutch judge overseeing the case had completely different plans in mind.

PICS: Day of Solidarity to Free the Arctic 30

Feature story | October 7, 2013 at 9:30

This weekend, over a hundred people around the country took part in the global day of solidarity demanding the release of 28 Greenpeace activists and 2 freelance journalists detained in Russia after a peaceful protest in the Arctic.

Amnesty for the Arctic 30

Feature story | December 18, 2013 at 11:20

The Greenpeace activists who spent two months in jail after a peaceful protest in the Arctic have expressed relief after the Russian parliament voted to grant them amnesty. But they also declared: "There is no amnesty for the Arctic."

Activists Occupy Oil Rig Bound for Arctic Drilling

Feature story | May 9, 2011 at 17:36

Last month activists took bold action to stop the oil rig Leiv Eiriksson from drilling in the Arctic waters. But sadly the Greenland government has now approved Cairn Energy’s application to drill four offshore oil wells this year.

Navy Climbers End Our Arctic Oil Rig Occupation

Feature story | June 2, 2011 at 10:46

The greenpeace campaigners who scaled an Arctic oil rig and prevented deep water drilling off the coast of Greenland for four days have vowed to continue their campaign after being arrested by climbers believed to be from the Danish navy.

Legal Ruling Will Not Stop Our Demand for Missing Oil Spill Response Plan

Feature story | June 13, 2011 at 9:39

A Dutch judge has granted an injunction imposing substantial fines against Greenpeace if the organisation’s activists continue trying to stop drilling by a controversial Arctic oil rig.

The Verdict on Cairn's Oil Spill Plan

Feature story | September 6, 2011 at 10:09

Finally Cairn's Oil Spill Response Plan was published recently. We've gone through the document thoroughly and have made some startling findings.

Help Protect the Arctic

Action | September 6, 2011 at 10:56

Ask Greenland's Prime Minister, Kuupik Kleist, to protect the Arctic and his country's economy by cancelling Cairn's drilling programme and refusing future licences:

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BP to Drill the Arctic

Feature story | January 17, 2011 at 15:15

Just days after BP was slammed by the US presidential commission for the poor safety practices that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, news of its plan to drill in the Kara Sea proves that the company has learned nothing!

Add a #FreeTheArctic30 support ribbon to your website

Blog entry by Monica Davies | October 11, 2013

So you've sent a letter to your Russian embassy , perhaps you've changed your profile picture or avatar too, but you want to do more right now? If you run a website or blog, we've got the next step for you - add a ribbon of...

30 things you can do for the Arctic 30

Blog entry by Juliette Hauville | October 17, 2013

We continue to be overwhelmed by the amount of support, messages, letters, posters, sent to us for the Arctic 30. Many of you have written to us asking what more you can do to help them, especially when you are far away from cities...

WATCH: Thousands of people in nearly 50 countries stand in solidarity with Arctic 30

Blog entry by Cassady Sharp | October 9, 2013

It’s a rare and beautiful thing when people all across the world unite in defense of peaceful protest and action on climate change. That’s what happened this past weekend when thousands of people took part in solidarity events for the...

The Face of Activism

Blog entry by Monica Davies | October 3, 2013

I’ve been thinking a lot about what an activist looks like and what they do. When pop culture these days is so grandiose, we’re fed stories of heroes who are so different. They look different, they’re made differently to us. We’re...

In a gentle way, we can shake the world

Blog entry by Taahir Chagan | September 10, 2013

I still find it remarkable that this global organisation, which operates in over 40 countries, is funded by individuals - and only individuals. It was Margaret Mead who said that we should ‘never doubt that a small group of...

Thank you for letting me be a part of your journey

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | January 4, 2016

Dear Friends,  As I look out my window here in Amsterdam, winter is nearly here, and with it comes the retreat of another year, and the passing of what has been to make way for the spring and the new. As the days get shorter and the...

Greenpeace activists occupy Arctic oil rig

Feature story | August 31, 2010 at 12:56

Our activists are suspended 15 meters above the frigid Arctic waters of Baffin Bay. They have taken up position on the drilling rig Stena Don to call for a ban on deep sea oil drilling in the Arctic, and demand that ‘wild cat’ oil company Cairn...

Polar Bear Blockade

Feature story | May 26, 2011 at 12:16

Carin Energy is preparing to drill in the Arctic region, we'd like to see their oil spill response plan.

The Arctic 30 say thank you for your support

Blog entry by Birgitte Lesanner | October 28, 2013

Many of you, all around the world, have been kind enough to show your support for the Arctic30 who continue to be detained in Russia with dark prospects. From the little news we get out of the Murmansk detention centre, one thing is...

Sini, the quiet hero

Blog entry by Harri Lammi | October 8, 2013

My friend Sini Saarela is in jail in Murmansk, along with many other Greenpeace International activists. They are some of the first people in the world to face long jail sentences because they followed their conviction and acted...

Review of Cairn Oil Spill Prevention and Contingency Plan (OSCP), Exploration...

Publication | September 6, 2011 at 10:19

A full review of Cairn Energy's Oil Spill Response Plan, published by the Greenland government in August 2011 by Professor Richard Steiner, University of Alaska (ret.), Oil Spill Consultant.

Don’t believe the hype – hooliganism is hardly better than piracy

Blog entry by Jess Wilson | October 24, 2013

Earlier this evening Russian authorities offered the Arctic 30 — currently being held in a freezing jail in Murmansk — what looked like a legal olive branch by dropping piracy charges and replacing them with ones of "hooliganism." ...

Stop Shell's Artic Drilling: Greenpeace Climbers Scale London's National Gallery in...

Video | February 23, 2012 at 13:06

Climbers from Greenpeace UK unfurl a banner reading "It's No Oil Painting" off the roof of central London's National Gallery where Shell, who is getting ready to drill in, and jeopardize the fragile Arctic environment, was holding a PR event.

Dinner Served in the Arctic Survival Pod

Video | May 31, 2011 at 12:51

A quick video made in the survival pod last night at meal time.

Briefing: Greenpeace analysis of the Cairn Oil Spill Prevention and Contingency Plan

Publication | September 6, 2011 at 10:14

For the two years that Cairn has been operating in the Arctic, it has repeatedly refused to publish an oil spill response plan - the document that supposedly shows how the company would deal with a spill. Recently, after massive public and...

AFRICA ♥ ARCTIC

Video | April 18, 2013 at 10:28

Climate activists and Greenpeace Africa volunteers came together last Saturday to take part in a global movement to highlight the impact that climate change is having in the Arctic. Our actions weren’t just about the Arctic, though, they were...

Carrying the warmth of Africa

Blog entry by Monica Davies | April 9, 2013

Africa and the Arctic. It seems like all those two places have in common is the same first letter. One is known for its abundant wildlife, almost year-round sunshine, and as the home of over 1 billion people. And the other, at...

Frozen in Time: Coal Mining at the Heart of Climate Change

Blog entry by Frida Bengtsson and Monica Davies | September 23, 2011

It’s almost impossible to sit in sunny Africa and imagine what’s going on up in the Arctic. And yet, in that fragile, icy environment, one might find the heart of climate change - it is there that we see the greatest effects of the...

One Planet. One Arctic. One Voice.

Blog entry by Taahir Chagan | April 12, 2013

Starting this Saturday, and continuing on to the Global Day of Action a week later, thousands of people - from distinct cultures and diverse backgrounds - will come together to speak with one voice about saving a very special, unique...

A (South African) Flag for the Future

Blog entry by Margot Maritz | April 3, 2013

Margot Maritz, a sixteen-year-old eco activist from Pretoria, was recently honoured for coming in the top 5 of our " Flag for the Future " competition. We asked Margot to write something for us about her awesome design, and this is her...

Dramatic Arctic Art

Blog entry by Juliette H | September 7, 2011

We sometimes feel like we're repeating ourselves when we talk about  Arctic sea ice - because we are. In recent months, sea ice extent has been again reaching record lows - right now, it's at a  second-low record, just behind the 2007...

Shell: "Something has gone wrong here"

Blog entry by bex | August 19, 2011

Shell has apologised for the North Sea oil spill and for its own  lack of transparency saying:  "The fact is something has gone wrong here, so whatever risk assessment we made about the condition of these pipes has proven to be wrong...

On Thin Ice

Blog entry by Frida Bengtsson | August 26, 2011

The cracking and rumbling when the ship pushes the ice flows aside to make passage; the countless shades of blue and white in the ice, sea, and melt water; the feeling of being completely removed from the ordinary world, without phones...

Kumi Naidoo boards Arctic oil rig demanding Cairn’s oil spill response plan

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | June 17, 2011

At 6:45 am this morning an inflatable speedboat carrying Kumi was launched from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza. It evaded a Danish navy warship that has been circling the rig for several weeks and delivered Kumi to the base of the rig...

Today We Fight Carin Energy in Court

Blog entry by Nick Young | June 6, 2011

Today our fight for the Arctic moves from the frozen seas of Greenland into the courts of Amsterdam and Greenland. Following our  first occupation of its oil rig  at the beginning of last week Cairn  filed for an injunction  with...

BREAKING: Polar Bears occupy Cairn's HQ

Blog entry by bex | July 18, 2011

Update:  Cairn gets legal 'gagging order', requiring some Facebook & Twitter updates from our polar bear action be removed. A few moments ago, fifty polar bears entered Cairn Energy's Edinburgh headquarters and occupied it. Their...

Meet the Arctic 18

Blog entry by Nick Young | June 9, 2011

Our delegation of 18 activists from the Esperanza and Arctic Sunrise were  arrested on board the Cairn oil rig Leiv Eiriksson  on Saturday. Four days later they are still in jail. They boarded the rig to ask for Cairn’s secret...

Activists Arrested and Pod Captured -- But this is Not the End!

Blog entry by Ben Stewart | June 2, 2011

Last night climbers working for the Danish navy broke into our pod suspended from the Cairn Energy oil rig in the Arctic seas off Greenland. The two Greenpeace activist climbers in the pod were then arrested. Hannah and Luke had...

Published: Cairn's Oil Spill Response Plan!

Blog entry by Jamie | August 16, 2011

You know that oil spill response plan that Cairn has been refusing to publish? The one that tens of thousands of you asked to see? The one we  went to the Arctic and  to Cairn's Edinburgh HQ to look for? The one they were so worried...

What the Judge Said

Blog entry by Nick Young | June 10, 2011

Over the past few weeks we’ve been  campaigning to stop risky oil drilling in the Arctic  – by taking direct action up here off the Greenland coast and by shining a light on Cairn Energy’s failure to publish its oil spill response plan...

Cairn Calls in the Navy then Wields a Legal Hammer to Stop us Protecting the Arctic

Blog entry by Ben Ayliffe | June 3, 2011

On Wednesday night, Hannah and Luke, our two brave climbers, were removed from the Arctic survival pod that had been suspended from the underside of the 53,000 tonne Leiv Eiriksson oil rig, here off the coast of Greenland, for the ...

Activists scale Cairn Energy oil rig in the Arctic

Image | August 31, 2010 at 16:43

Cairn Energy's Stena Don oil rig is scaled by Greenpeace activists to demand an end to offshore drilling. The four climbers used RHIBS to dodge Danish Navy Commandos before climbing up the inside of the rig and hanging from it in tents suspended...

Go Beyond Oil

Image | August 31, 2010 at 16:52

Activists occupy the Stena Don oil-rig in the Arctic. If they succeed in stopping drilling for just a short time the the operators, Cairn Energy, will struggle to meet a tight deadline to complete the exploration before winter ice conditions...

Climber on the Cairn Energy oil rig in the Arctic

Image | August 31, 2010 at 16:58

Activist occupying the Stena Don oil-rig in the Arctic. If they succeed in stopping drilling for just a short time the the operators Cairn Energy, will struggle to meet a tight deadline to complete the exploration before winter ice conditions...

Day Two of the Arctic oil rig occupation

Image | September 1, 2010 at 17:20

Fog breaks for the first time in 9 days and morning sunlight lights up the Stena Don. The Four Greenpeace climbers survive freezing temperatures through the night and report in after having a surprisingly good nights sleep. Another Navy Warship...

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