Greenpeace stops Japan Whal... Jan 22, 2008 00:15:16 Greenpeace says it stops Japan whaler refueling SYDNEY 22-1-08 (Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace said on Tuesday it had prevented Japan's main whaling ship from refueling in the icy Southern Ocean by driving an inflatable boat between ...
Greenpeace is an international environmental organization founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. It is best known for its campaigns against whaling. In later years, the focus of the organization turned to other environmental issues, including bottom trawling, global warming, ancient forest destruction, nuclear power, and genetic engineering. Greenpeace has national and regional offices in 42 countries worldwide, all of which are affiliated to the Amsterdam-based Greenpeace International. The global organization receives its income through the individual contributions of an estimated 2.8 million financial supporters, as well as from grants from charitable foundations, but does not accept funding from governments or corporations.
Greenpeace's official mission statement describes the organization and its aims thus:
Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organization which uses peaceful direct action and creative communication to exposeglobal environmental problems, and to force solutions for a green and peaceful future. Greenpeace's goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity.
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