Thursday, November 03, 2005
Those clumsy enviros1
How did I miss this story?
Greenpeace, while assessing coral reefs for gradual damage caused by global warming, quickly damaged a reef by running into it with the Rainbow Warrior II (the first Rainbow Warrior having been sunk almost exactly twenty years ago by, er, frogmen).
Environmental group Greenpeace has been fined almost $7,000 (£4,000) for damaging a coral reef at a World Heritage site in the Philippines.
Their flagship Rainbow Warrior II ran aground at Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, in the Sulu Sea, 650km (400 miles) south-east of Manila.
Park officials said almost 100 sq m (1,076 sq ft) of reef had been damaged.
Greenpeace blamed the government of the Philippines for making a lousy map, which, at least, shows that they have mastered the art of bad PR management.
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1. Notwithstanding the snarky delight with which I revel in this incident, I actually respect the activist arm of Greenpeace, which has done some great things. There is never a good reason to kill a whale on purpose, and if it weren't for Greenpeace even more of them would be dying than are today at the hands of Norwegian and Japanese whalers. Stop killing the farookin' whales! And, no, I don't care about your stupid "way of life" or that a few vicious cetacean killers lose their jobs. Lots of people lose their jobs. Move some place where they need you badly, such as New Orleans.
1 Comments:
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Fri Nov 04, 09:59:00 AM:
Bunch of hypotcrits the single most irony their there unfurling that stupid banner why dont they go and quit being such a bunch of jerks and just how much money is used to fuel and maintain their ship they sail around the world in? its like the enviromentalist wackos who are sitting in trees to keep them from being cut down and they sit on plywood platforms or with 2x4s in their little tree stands
