Save the Arctic
Save the Arctic is a
Background
The Arctic may contain around 20% of the world's remaining undiscovered
Support
Greenpeace began the campaign aiming to take a million signatures supporting the campaign to place on the sea bed at the North Pole in April 2013.[8] At the beginning of 2013, the petition registered over 2.5 million signatures. The petition will be accompanied on the sea bed by a flag designed by young people, in partnership with the Girl Guides and Vivienne Westwood.[9] Paul McCartney, Robert Redford, Alejandro Sanz[10] and Richard Branson are amongst those who support this campaign.[11]
The World Wide Fund for Nature is running a related campaign to protect Arctic polar bear habitat, in partnership with Coca-Cola.[12]
Campaign
Oil companies exploring the Arctic, include
Royal Dutch Shell
Greenpeace and
In 2010, in the immediate aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Greenpeace activists painted "No Arctic Drilling" with spilled BP oil on the side of a ship that Shell planned to use for oil exploration in the Arctic. At the protest, Phil Radford of Greenpeace called for "President Obama [to] ban all offshore oil drilling and call for an end to the use of oil in our cars by 2030."[17]
In July 2014, Greenpeace launched a global boycott campaign to persuade Lego to cease producing toys carrying Shell's logo in response to the oil company's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic.[18] Lego's partnership with Shell dates back to the 1960s, although a fictional oil company called Octan featured as the corporation headed by the villain President Business in The Lego Movie.[19] Lego has used the Octan name since 1992 for its fictitious oil company, branding many filling stations, trucks and race cars.
Gazprom
Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise ship case
After an incident in the
Greenpeace International told on their campaign-website, the activists "were held overnight without charges or legal representation aboard a Russian Coast Guard vessel." On September 19, thePhil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace USA, stated that the reaction of the Russian Coast Guard "was the stiffest response that Greenpeace has encountered from a government since the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in 1985."[20]
To free their activists and end Arctic drilling, the campaigners claimed to sign a petition to the Russian Ambassadors all over the world, and to send a protest-note to Authorities.[21]
In continuity of the successful campaign to reach the
Criticism
The campaign has been criticised for not accounting for the legal differences in ownership between Antarctica and the Arctic.[24]
See also
- Antarctic
- Arctic Refuge drilling controversy
- Climate change in the Arctic
- Seattle Arctic drilling protests
References
- ^ "Campaign website". 2012. Greenpeace. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "1991 - International Treaty saves the Antarctic from deadly threat". Greenpeace. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "And the first step is a UN resolution?". Greenpeace. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ González Cueto, Irene (2016-07-14). "Bajando las temperaturas: performance en el Ártico (Greenpeace) - Cultural Resuena". Cultural Resuena (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2016-10-12.
- ^ Mitchell, Charlie (2022-03-14). "Moscow makes a move on Arctic". The Times. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ^ a b "European Parliament resolution of 9 October 2008 on Arctic governance". European Parliament. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ "Exxon Struggles To Find New Oil". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ Black, Richard (2012-06-21). "BBC News - Rio+20: Sir Paul backs Greenpeace Arctic campaign". BBC. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ "Flag for the Future". World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ Cantor-Navas, Judy (2013-07-17). "Alejandro Sanz joins Greenpeace Arctic Expedition". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "Celebrities back Greenpeace campaign". Times of India. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "What WWF is doing". Polar Bear. WWF. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d Seidler, Christoph (19 September 2013). "Protest gegen Ölplattform: Russische Grenzschützer entern Greenpeace-Schiff". Der Spiegel. Spiegel-Online, Christoph Seidler (German). Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ Kramer, Andrew E. (24 August 2012). "Greenpeace Activists Climb Russian Oil Rig". August 24th 2012. New York Times. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ Tuffrey, Laurie (16 July 2012). "Greenpeace activists shut down 74 UK Shell petrol stations". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "Let's Go!". Satirical website. Greenpeace. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ^ Tilley, Jonathan (July 2014) "Greenpeace puts pressure on Lego's Shell-branded toys", PR Week, 1 July 2014. Accessed 3 July 2014
- ^ Vaughan, Adam (July 2014). "Greenpeace urges Lego to end Shell partnership", The Guardian, 1 July 2014. Accessed 3 July 2014
- ^ Kathy Lally and Will Englund. "U.S. Greenpeace captain jailed in Russia". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- ^ "Save The Arctic – Free Our Activists". Greenpeace International. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ "FAQ – The melting Arctic is under threat from oil drilling, industrial fishing and conflict". Greenpeace – Save the Arctic. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ AP (27 December 2013). "Defiant Greenpeace Activists Return From Russia". Advisories. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Greenpeace's campaign has flaws". Alaska Dispatch. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
External links
- Save the Arctic campaign website