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 Facts about Greenpeace.

  Water Pollution Facts ~40% of America's rivers are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life. ~Even worse are America's lakes- 46% are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life. ~Two-thirds of US estuaries and bays are either moderately or severely degraded from eutrophication (nitrogen and phosphorus pollution) [|MORE FACTS]

Who Founded Greenpeace.

Greenpeace was first founded to oppose the United States testing nuclear devices in Alaska. It was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. Greenpeace was founded by many of the co-founders of the Don’t Make a Wave Committee. The founders of Greenpeace include Dorothy Stowe, Irving Stowe, Marie Bohlen, Jim Bohlen, Ben Metcalfe, Dorothy Metcalfe, Patrick Moore, Bob Hunter and Bill Darnell. Darnell was the one to suggest the name Greenpeace (although the original suggestion was to have the name in two words- Green Peace). Many of the founders were members of the Society of Friends (also known as Quakers). While they failed in their first mission to stop the nuclear test, Greenpeace was born and they have fought many environmental battles since. Now you know who founded Greenpeace. Let’s look at some facts about Greenpeace 

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Below are just some of the positive environmental changes that Greenpeace has directly helped to bring about since we began campaigning in 1971.

-**September 2008:** S ix Greenpeace UK volunteers are acquitted of criminal damage by a Crown Court jury in a case that centred on the contribution made to climate change by burning coal. The charges arose after the six attempted to shut down the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent in 2007 by scaling the chimney and painting the Prime Minister's name down the side. The defendants pleaded 'not guilty' and relied in court on the defence of 'lawful excuse' - claiming they shut the power station in order to defend property of a greater value from the global impact of climate change. The landmark case marks the first victory of the 'lawful excuse' defense in a climate-change case in Britain

-**August 2008**: After our campaign in the 1990's against toxic PVC the US Congress somewhat belatedly follows Europe's lead of outlawing toxic PVC in children's toys.

- **July 2008**: Ferrero (famous for its Nutella brand) becomes the latest large palm oil user to changes its position to support a moratorium on cutting down trees in Indonesia for palm oil plantations.

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