#Greenpeace has just lost $667 million (!) “trespass, nuisance, defamation” lawsuit from Dakota Access Pipeline. Greenpeace claims this is a “free speech” matter and that it could potentially destroy the NGO.
And while I don’t support fossil fuel companies, I’m pretty much convinced disappearance of Greenpeace would be eventually positive for climate and environment.
Why? Because from an environmental activism Greenpeace turned into an aggressive and openly anti-scientific black PR company:
Greenpeace fiercely rejects IPCC scientific position on #nuclear power and has frequently falsified (!) IPCC findings in order to continue vilifying nuclear power
Greenpeace rejects scientific consensus on genetically engineered plants, which contribute to reduced use of herbicides and pesticides and reduced land use for farming.
Greenpeace has contracted known scientific frauds such as Seralini to procure falsified pseudo-scientific reports about evils of glyphosate
Greenpeace fiercely fights Golden Rice, an entirely harmless project that saves lives of millions of people suffering from vitamin A deficit
Greenpeace engaged in literal sabotage, destroying scientific plantations of genetically engineered plants for the sake of PR and fundraising.
Greenpeace Germany has been running Greenpeace Energy which, while vilifying nuclear power, has been trading fossil gas. They also sued (!) UK Hinkley Point C over “unfair competition” in probably the most absurd PR stunt ever - a fossil gas company presenting itself as “environmental” sues low-carbon electricity power plant.
Fierce propaganda of Greenpeace Germany has been one of the main factors for Germany’s nuclear phase-out which led to restarting of coal power plants and building dozens of new fossil gas plants.
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While I too have reservations about Greenpeace, I don't think GMO's have a contribution to give to food security.
Corporate owned genetic manipulations will not provide resilience, and the corporations that propose them are active in undermining what will, which is biodiversity and culturally appropriate farming methods.
They may give interesting results in the lab, but that is not what works in real life, when farmers have to pay for seeds.
@jcast @kravietz You already consume GMOs, just those that are "naturally" modified by huge doses of ionizing radiation exposure, much more impactful and very imprecise compared to modern gene editing tools. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_breeding
