Difference between revisions of "Greenpeace"

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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 activists building an Ark.

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 '''Greenpeace''' is an [[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]].]]
-It has been accused of manipulating public opinion in a way that would be ordinarily be condemned (see [[double standard]]):
-*Greenpeace has escaped public censure by hiding behind the mask of its “non-profit” status and its U.S. tax exemption. ... Forbes magazine once described it as “a skillfully managed business” with full command of “the tools of direct mail and image manipulation -- and tactics that would bring instant condemnation if practiced by a for-profit corporation.” [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/131]
-Environmental groups like Greenpeace have boasted that they have blocked more than 200 hydroelectric projects in the developing world over the past two decades.
-==External links==
-*[http://www.greenpeace.org The Greenpeace International homepage]
-*[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=gp ATTAC Report]
-[[category:liberal activists]]
-[[Category: Environmental Terrorism]]