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GreenpeaceInternational environmental pressure group, founded in Vancouver, Canada, in 1971, with a policy of non-violent direct action backed by scientific research. During a protest against French atmospheric nuclear testing in the South Pacific in 1985, its ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk by French intelligence agents, killing a crew member. In 1995, it played a prominent role in opposing the disposal of waste from an oil rig in the North Sea, and again attempted to disrupt French nuclear tests in the Pacific. In 2004, Greenpeace (now headquartered in the Netherlands) had a global membership of 2.8 million in 41 countries.
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| The poster boy for this turnaround is Patrick Moore, who was one of the founders of Green peace. The writer blames the small and occasional victories of such groups as the Sierra Club, Green Peace and Earth First for the devastation wreaked by the recent wildfires. But why aren't the Green Peace types jumping up and down demanding greater use of the rails? |
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