Saturday, October 05, 2013

All-in for the cause of preventing CO2-induced bad weather: "expect an angrier Greenpeace"

Still rainbow, but more warrior: The latest Greenpeace protests mark a strategic change in its approach - Green Living - Environment - The Independent
In short: expect an angrier Greenpeace.
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Its future will see "more emphasis on mobilising public opinion and educating people about what is happening," according to Mr Naidoo. "We'll put more energy into that than actual lobbying and advocacy work within climate negotiations."
...All 30 of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise crew have been charged with piracy for taking part in a direct action at a Russian oil rig. They are being held in cells in Murmansk, north-west Russia.

Mr Naidoo admits that the organisation was "taken by surprise" by the charges, which he thinks are "completely disproportionate". He said that freeing his colleagues was a "top priority" but added that, as in other movements, the world needs people who are "prepared to go to prison, put their lives on the line if necessary, in the struggle for climate justice and addressing the reality of runaway catastrophic climate change".

Greenpeace certainly has the numbers. It has spent more than £116m on campaigns around the world. It is present in more than 40 countries, employs 2,500 staff and still accepts no money from companies, governments or political parties. Greenpeace International's income last year was more than £59m, an annual increase of more than 16 per cent.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"the struggle for climate justice and addressing the reality of runaway catastrophic climate change."

How much worse is runaway catastrophic climate change than ordinary catastrophic climate change?

Is "climate justice" the successor to climate disruption/climate change/global warming?

Anonymous said...

"Greenpeace certainly has the numbers. It has spent more than £116m on campaigns around the world. It is present in more than 40 countries, employs 2,500 staff and still accepts no money from companies, governments or political parties"

Lies, lies and more damned lies.

"[...]It also hosts the Green 10, an "informal platform of environmental NGOs", which is headed by the European Environmental Bureau. It is funded by the EU, and by the governments of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom as well as the secretive Sigrid Rausing Trust."
http://eureferendum.blogspot.co.uk/2008/01/vast-network-of-influence.html

Enforced taxpayer funding channelled through the EU's vast network of 'green slush funds'. All NGO's are in the pay of 'big government'.