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My Arctic Home
I live in Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River) in the Canadian Arctic. Most people have never heard of my town. It’s 450 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle with a population of…
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Defending Alaska From the Department of Defense
My name is Emily Stolarcyk. I live and work in Cordova, Alaska, a small off-road fishing village on the south central coast. Like many towns in Alaska, you have to…
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Twelve Nobel Prize Winners, a Beatle, and the Pope Can’t All Be Wrong
The following was excerpted with permission from chapter 19 of “Greenpeace Captain: My Adventures in Protecting the Future of Our Planet,” by Peter Willcox with Ronald Weiss. Available from Thomas Dunne…
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Scientific Integrity Complaint Regarding Arctic Oil Drilling Environmental Impact Statement
Greenpeace, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Friends of the Earth submitted a complaint under the Department of the Interior’s Scientific Integrity Policy requesting an investigation into the loss of…
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A Review of the Impact of Seismic Survey Noise on Arctic Wildlife
Firing seismic airguns to find new oil reserves in the Arctic Ocean is ‘alarming’ and could seriously injure whales and other marine life, according to a new scientific review. The…
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Meet a #ShellNo Activist: Kristina
The Ask When I got the call to participate in the Portland bridge action, I was thrilled to stand up to Shell. I wasn’t given much information about what I’d…
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Untouchable: The Climate Case Against Arctic Drilling
There is a clear logic that can be applied to the global challenge of addressing climate change: when you are in a hole, stop digging. If we are serious about tackling…
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Putting It All on the Line to Say #ShellNo
It was the morning of July 30, and we had been on rope for about 30 hours. The Fennica had just retreated in shame after confronting climbers, kayakers, and onshore…
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The View From the Bridge
Four lanes of traffic—honks, waves, fingers in the shape of a ‘v’ for peace or victory. Cars stop for a moment as hands reach out with bags of fruit and…
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Meet a Volunteer: Psera Mobilizes Her Community to Save the Arctic
Meet Psera, a Greenpeace volunteer from Lexington, Kentucky. She’s pushing to keep fossil fuels in the ground—especially in the vulnerable Arctic—by organizing in her community. Psera and people like you…