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'''Greenpeace''' is an [[environmentalist]] group that seeks to ban commercial [[whaling]] and stop nuclear testing (see [[nuclear test ban treaty]]).

'''Greenpeace''' is a [[leftist]] [[environmentalist]] group that seeks to ban commercial [[whaling]] and stop nuclear testing (see [[nuclear test ban treaty]]).

[[Image:40607437 ark1 afp203body.jpg|right|thumb|Greenpeace activists building an [[Ark]].]]

[[Image:40607437 ark1 afp203body.jpg|right|thumb|Greenpeace activists building an [[Ark]].]]

It has been accused of manipulating public opinion in a way that would be ordinarily be condemned (see [[double standard]]):

It has been accused of manipulating public opinion in a way that would be ordinarily be condemned (see [[double standard]]):

Environmental groups like Greenpeace have boasted that they have blocked more than 200 hydroelectric projects in the developing world over the past two decades.

Environmental groups like Greenpeace have boasted that they have blocked more than 200 hydroelectric projects in the developing world over the past two decades.

According to Public Interest Watch (PIW), Greenpeace Fund, Inc. a reputedly educational, public-interest-oriented 501(c)(3) directed $24 million in tax-exempt contributions into Greenpeace, Inc., non-exempt programs during tax years 1998, 1999 and 2000. According to the most recent tax returns available for both groups, in 1999, Greenpeace, Inc.'s total revenues equaled $14.2 million. Of this amount, $4.25 million, or 30 %, came from Greenpeace Fund.  

According to Public Interest Watch (PIW), Greenpeace Fund, Inc. a reputedly educational, public-interest-oriented 501(c)(3) directed $24 million in tax-exempt contributions into Greenpeace, Inc., non-exempt programs during tax years 1998, 1999 and 2000. According to the most recent tax returns available for both groups, in 1999, Greenpeace, Inc.'s total revenues equaled $14.2 million. Of this amount, $4.25 million, or 30 %, came from the Greenpeace Fund.  

Greenpeace Inc. is a more directly political and activist unit, and as such is designated by the Internal Revenue Code as a 501 (c)(4).  Mike Hardiman of PIW said "Greenpeace has devised a system for diverting tax-exempt funds and using them for non-exempt — and oftentimes illegal — purposes...It's a form of money laundering, plain and simple."

 

Greenpeace Inc. is a more directly political and leftist activist unit, and as such is designated by the Internal Revenue Code as a 501 (c)(4).  Mike Hardiman of PIW said "Greenpeace has devised a system for diverting tax-exempt funds and using them for non-exempt — and oftentimes illegal — purposes...It's a form of money laundering, plain and simple."

On January 30, 2003, some 30 Greenpeace demonstrators breached the central control building of the Sizewell B nuclear-power plant in Suffolk, England.  Earlier in October 2002, approximately 150 Greenpeace protesters were arrested after penetrating the same facility. <ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200310070839.asp Seeing Greenpeace], Deroy Murdock, National Review Online, October 07, 2003.</ref>

On January 30, 2003, some 30 Greenpeace demonstrators breached the central control building of the Sizewell B nuclear-power plant in Suffolk, England.  Earlier in October 2002, approximately 150 Greenpeace protesters were arrested after penetrating the same facility. <ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200310070839.asp Seeing Greenpeace], Deroy Murdock, National Review Online, October 07, 2003.</ref>

[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]

[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]

[[Category: Environmental Terrorism]]

[[Category: Environmental Terrorism]]