{"id":1070,"date":"2018-06-14T17:33:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T21:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?page_id=1070"},"modified":"2025-06-23T05:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:30:25","slug":"save-the-arctic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/save-the-arctic\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Arctic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-pattern-p4-page-header is-style-parallax\">\n\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                    \n                        <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            Save the Arctic\n                        <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n\n                \n                        <p style=\"font-size:1.25rem\">\n                            For millennia people lived in the Arctic alongside some of the most elusive and incredible animals, in some of the toughest conditions on Earth. But now all that is changing. The Arctic is heating up rapidly because of climate change. To have a chance of saving the rapidly melting Arctic, we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground.\r\n\r\nAn oil spill in the Arctic would be a catastrophe. But many corporations are still intent on trying to drill there. Let\u2019s keep them out of the Arctic.\n                        <\/p>\n                    \n\n                \n                        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\">\n                            <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.savethearctic.org\/?cultureKey=en-CA\" target=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n                                Sign the petition\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP02I8E.jpg\"\n                        alt=\"\"\n                        sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP02I8E.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP02I8E-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP02I8E-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP02I8E-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP02I8E-510x340.jpg 510w\" class=\"wp-image-3012 size-full\"\n                    \/>\n                <\/figure>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <p>                &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;tasks&quot;,&quot;columns_title&quot;:&quot;What you can do&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Add your voice&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Join millions of Arctic defenders around the world and declare the Arctic off limits.&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;SIGN THE PETITION&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.savethearctic.org\\\/?cultureKey=en-CA&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Share the petition&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;People power has been proven effective time and time again. Tell your friends.&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;SHARE ON FACEBOOK&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/sharer\\\/sharer.php?https:\\\/\\\/www.savethearctic.org\\\/?cultureKey=en-CA&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Donate to Greenpeace&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Your gift contributes to our work to protect the planet, which includes keeping oil companies out of the Arctic.&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;DONATE&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/act.greenpeace.org\\\/page\\\/11862\\\/donate\\\/1&quot;}]}}\"><\/div><div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/gallery\" 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