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Siumut party, led by Aleqa Hammond, to form coalition government in place of Kuupik Kleist's administrationThe race for resources in the frozen wastes of the Arctic has brought down its first national government, leaving...

Insurance market joins environmentalists in highlighting risks of drilling in fragile region as $100bn investment is predictedLloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurance market, has become the first major business organisation...

Caroline Lucas, the Green MP and committee member, said senior oil company representatives seemed complacent about the chances of a future accidentBritish oil companies spearheading a race for resources in the pristine waters...

At a special House of Commons hearing, ministers will be asked to reconsider support for Cairn Energy drilling in the far northThe government will be urged on Wednesday to help build a more sustainable world by putting a...

City patience runs out as Cairn's drilling comes up dry and oil explorer looks for partners in Arctic ventureA $1bn (£640m) bet by a British firm to find commercial quantities of oil in the Arctic has ended in failure and...

UK-based oil explorer's shares slump after controversial £400m drilling programme fails to find commercially viable siteCairn has suffered another blow in its search for oil off the coast of Greenland, after two more wells...

Cairn Energy wins an injunction against activists after oil protest at the company's headquarters on MondayAn oil company has been granted an injunction to stop Greenpeace posting photographs of an occupation of the company's...

Environmental campaigners step up pressure on energy firm over its oil spill response strategy and Arctic exploration plansGreenpeace activists dressed as polar bears occupied the Edinburgh offices of Cairn Energy on Monday...

Greenpeace's executive director, Kumi Naidoo, scales the Leiv Eiriksson oil rig to deliver a petition demanding the release of Cairn's Energy's oil spill response plan

Executive director held by Greenland police for defying court injunction forbidding group from coming near the rigThe head of Greenpeace International was being held by police in a Greenland cell on Friday after boarding...

Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International, speaks from the Leiv Eiriksson oil rig, off the coast of Greenland

Executive director of Greenpeace International could face prison for breaking legal injunction surrounding Leiv Eiriksson rigThe executive director of Greenpeace International faces prison in Greenland for breaking an injunction...

British oil company wants to fine Greenpeace €2m a day if the campaign group disrupts its oil drilling operations in the ArcticBritish oil company Cairn Energy has filed legal papers with a Dutch court to fine Greenpeace...

Video released by Greenpeace shows campaigners being arrested by the Danish navy after four days occupying the Leiv Eiriksson deep water oil rig

British oil company seeking up to $16m in damages for four-day occupation that disrupted operations on the Leiv Eiriksson rigBritish oil company Cairn Energy has filed legal papers with a Dutch court to claim up to $16m (£9.8m)...