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{{bronze}}{{cquote|''We exist to expose environmental criminals, and to challenge government and corporations when they fail to live up to their mandate to safeguard our environment and our future.''|||Greenpeace<ref name=about>[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about About Greenpeace]</ref>}}
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[[File:Gp-esso.jpg|thumb|right|Greenpeace demonstrating against Esso, international trade name for US [[oil]] giant ExxonMobil and its related companies, on March 6, 2003.]]
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'''Greenpeace''' is an influential international [[environmentalist]] organization<ref name=Humans>Humans - biggest cause of climate change {{wayback|http://news.icm.ac.uk/leisure/humans-biggest-cause-of-climate-change/5786/}}</ref> with presence in 40 countries across [[Europe]], the [[America|Americas]], [[Asia]], [[Africa]] and the Pacific. It was founded in 1971.<ref name=about/> Headquartered in [[Netherlands|Amsterdam]], Greenpeace has 2.8 million supporters worldwide.<ref>http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/history</ref>
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Its mission is:<ref>http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/our-mission</ref>
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*Catalysing an energy revolution to address the number one threat facing our [[Earth|planet]]: [[climate change]].
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*Defending our [[ocean]]s by challenging wasteful and destructive fishing, and creating a global network of marine reserves.
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*Protecting the world’s remaining ancient forests which are depended on by many animals, plants and people.
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*Working for disarmament and peace by reducing dependence on finite resources and calling for the elimination of all [[Nuclear weapons|nuclear weapon]]s.
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*Creating a toxic-free future with safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals in today's products and manufacturing.
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*Campaigning for sustainable agriculture by encouraging socially and ecologically-responsible farming practices.|||[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/our-mission Who we are]}}
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The organization is known for its flagship carrier ''Rainbow Warrior'', a sea vessel used to protest nuclear testing which was destroyed in a bombing by [[French]] agents. After the sinking of the first vessel, it started operating a second vessel also named ''Rainbow Warrior'', sometimes called ''Rainbow Warrior 2''.
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The organization estimates that approximately 150,000 people die every year due to climate change.<ref name=Humans/> Greenpeace is known for using eye-catching demos in protest gatherings.<ref>http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iippL2GTtpdF2VS5hLwXUMZfa-lQ</ref> There have been incidents of [[human rights]] violations against Greenpeace anti-whaling activists.<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/japan-breached-human-rights-of-greenpeace-protesters-says-un-20100208-nn9y.html</ref><ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/08/2813750.htm?section=justin</ref>
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==The good==
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Greenpeace is a prominent voice for reduction of anthropogenic global warming,<ref>http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/globalwarmingoceans</ref> monitors climate change,<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/climate-change]</ref> and opposes whaling. In February 2010, the organization opposed a proposal by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) that advocated reintroduction of commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean.<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/23/2828112.htm?section=justin</ref> It also organizes many local initiatives, such as the campaign to strengthen the laws protecting the Białowieża Forest, the last primeval forest in [[Europe]].<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/poland/wydarzenia/polska/i-love-puszcza] (in Polish)</ref>
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==The bad==
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Unfortunately, Greenpeace is also engaging in some [[anti-science]] actions. The most important ones are the dissemination of [[propaganda]] against [[nuclear power]] based on recycled, thoroughly discredited studies,<ref>Example http://www.nuclearfaq.ca/ReviewofGreenpeacereport_Final.pdf</ref> and while campaigns for strengthening [[genetic modification|GM]] labelling laws may garner a "meh" reaction,<ref>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/gm-food-labelling-laws-weak-greenpeace-20100305-pojo.html</ref> its nearly [[dogma]]tic opposition to all forms of [[genetically modified food]] is much more sinister.<ref>http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/take-action/online/genetic-engineering/our-right-to-know-gm-food-lab</ref><ref>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/gm-food-labelling-laws-weak-greenpeace-20100305-pojo.html</ref>
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The latter includes publicly funded or humanitarian uses, such as the Golden Rice Project, an attempt to cure chronic [[vitamin]] A deficiency in the developing countries using a genetically modified variety of rice that contains a high level of β-carotene.<ref>http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/failures-of-golden-rice/</ref> The organization has sabotaged fields and deliveries of GM crops.<ref>http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/2843/</ref><ref>http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4551/police-raid-greenpeace-headquarters</ref>  In at least one instance, Greenpeace was legally forced to retract an anti-nuclear [[ad]]vertisement that was found to contain misinformation.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/greenpeace-accused-of-telling-lies-in-advert-watchdog-bans-antinuclear-image-1447196.html</ref>  In another incident, Greenpeace accidentally distributed unfinished leaflets that demonstrate their approach to informing the public:{{cquote|In the twenty years since the [[Chernobyl]] tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly [FILL IN ALARMIST AND ARMAGEDDONIST FACTOID HERE]<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060101884.html</ref>}}
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One of Greenpeace's founders, {{wpl|Patrick Moore (environmentalist)|Patrick Moore}}<ref>Not the [[Patrick Moore|monocled British astronomer guy]].</ref> quit the organisation in the 1980s and became one of its more vocal critics. He has made appearances on [[Penn and Teller]]'s ''Bullshit!'' criticising how the group has turned more anti-government and less pro-environment since its founding; nonetheless he likes to take some [[bullshit]] positions as well.
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In general, Greenpeace's modus operandi can be characterized as "act first, do the science later." While their actions are well-intentioned, this is not always the best approach. It has caused the organization to remain committed to a few positions of very dubious scientific credibility.
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==External links==
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*[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/ Official website]
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*[http://scienceblogs.com/classm/2011/07/the_narrow_mind_of_greenpeace.php The Narrow Mind of Greenpeace], Class: M
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==Footnotes==
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{{reflist|2|90%}}
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[[Category:Environmentalism]]
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[[Category:Political action groups]]
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[[Category:Pseudoscience promoters]]
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