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Pacific Island Represent bears witness at historic People vs Arctic Oil trial in Oslo
Press release – 14 November, 2017Oslo, November 14, 2017: Pacific Island Represent activists are in attendance at an historic court case where the Norwegian government is attempting to defend its unsustainable and climate-threatening Arctic drilling operations.Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth are suing the Norwegian government for opening up new oil fields for drilling in…
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What Happens in the Arctic Doesn’t Stay in the Arctic – Four Reasons why the Court Case Against Arctic Oil Could Make History
As people and governments around the world are starting to act on climate change, the Norwegian government is moving in the opposite direction – opening up the remote Arctic for new oil drilling and putting people’s lives at risk. MY Arctic Sunrise moored in Svalbard. The winter of 2015/ 2016 represents a record low for…
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Antarctic Krill – Not Just Whale Food
Krill is whale food. In fact, it’s a commonly held misbelief that ‘krill’ in Norwegian literally means ‘whale food’. It doesn’t, but it’s still true. Massive swarms of krill, a tiny micro-shrimp in the Antarctic Ocean, provide the principal food for blue whales – the largest animal that ever lived. Humpback whales travel down the coasts of…
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Greenpeace launches campaign to create ‘largest protected area on Earth’ – as Antarctic nations fall short on marine protection
Press release – 26 October, 2017Hobart, 27 October 2017 – Greenpeace has launched a global campaign for an Antarctic Sanctuary, covering 1.8 million square kilometres of ocean, to protect whales, penguins and other wildlife.Following a failure to agree strong marine protection in the East Antarctic [1], Greenpeace has called for governments to show “greater vision…
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We have one year to create the largest ever protected area on Earth
In the words of David Attenborough, “Our planet is a blue planet”. With over 70% of our world covered by water, our oceans can be seen from across the solar system. It wasn’t long ago that the oceans were still believed to be too vast for human activity to be able to cause them significant,…
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Huge win for Southern Australia as one of the world’s biggest polluters abandons Bight oil drilling plans
Press release – 12 October, 2017October 13, 2017: Greenpeace says the time has come for Norwegian oil company Statoil to “Gå hjem” (go home) too as Chevron follow BP in abandoning plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight, leaving Statoil as the last desperate oil major persisting with risky deepwater oil exploration.Statoil’s plans would…
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Our oceans are under attack; How can you help?
"We are here today to take decisive action to nurture and protect the lifeblood of our planet. Oceans and seas cover two-thirds of our home," explains Guterres.
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How the Arctic keeps our world healthy
A quick Google image search of the Arctic produces breathtaking photos of one of the most impressive triumphs by Mother Earth – larger than life glaciers, northern light displays, pristine wildlife and water so clear it reflects it all. Photo by Pedro Armestre / Greenpeace. But the Arctic is more than just a stunning feat of nature –…