Tag: arctic
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Greenpeace Blocks Two Major Oil Rigs to ‘Save the Arctic’
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Greenpeace activists from 12 countries blocked two separate oil rigs…
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Two Arrested During Arctic Drilling Protest After Scaling Oil Platform
Two Greenpeace International activists have been arrested after climbing a Gazprom oil platform in the Russian Arctic, during a peaceful protest that has prompted a disproportionate use of force …
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Ice Ride: The Global Bike Ride to Defend the Arctic
On Sept. 15, in more than 30 countries and 75 cities around the world, thousands of people will take to the streets on their bikes to challenge big oil’s plan to drill in the Arctic …
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Our Fossil-Fueled Future: World Energy in 2040
If the experts at the U.S. Department of Energy are right, the startling “new” fuels of 2040 will be oil, coal and natural gas—and we will find ourselves on a baking, painfully uncomfortable planet.
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Arctic is Caught in Rapid Melt ‘Death Spiral’
Every year the total volume of ice in the Arctic gets smaller and smaller—just like the tighter and tighter circles of a death spiral. The melt is happening so quickly, some researchers believe it’s possible we’ll see a summer with an ice-free Arctic as early as 2015.