GreenPeace
Title: GreenPeace
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics | Words: 316 | Pages: 1.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
GreenPeace
GreenPeace
Greenpeace was born in 1971 when members of the Don’t Make a Wave Committee in Vancouver, renamed their organization to better state their purpose: to make a green and peaceful world.
In 1971, the United States was carrying out atmospheric nuclear tests on a small island called Amchitka (off the west coast of Alaska). This island was not only the last refuge for 3 000 endangered sea otters, home to bald eagles, peregrine falcons and other wildlife
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solutions, and lobby for change.
Having alerted the world to the connection between the use of fossil fuels and climate destabilization, Greenpeace launched a solar pioneers project in Canada in 1998 to promote the use of solar energy and organize a bulk purchase for individual homeowners. They have also proposed alternatives to harmful fishing technologies and logging practices, developed ozone-sage refrigeration technology, and researched ways in which chlorine-based chemicals and fossil fuels can be phased out.
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