The History of Greenpeace: The Evolution of Green Extremism

The $345 million judgment against Greenpeace is not just a legal footnote; it is a long-overdue reckoning for an organization that lost its moral compass decades ago. - Watts Up With That? - From The Word Merchant 

For those of us who have watched the steady decline of the environmental movement from a pursuit of genuine conservation to a cynical machine of manufactured outrage, this verdict feels like a necessary correction.

• When I consider how far Greenpeace has drifted, I often think of the perspective of its own co-founder, Dr. Patrick Moore. Moore, who helped launch the organization in 1971, eventually walked away precisely because he saw the rot setting in. 
• He famously noted that while he was moving toward a path of “sensible environmentalism,” the organization he helped build was moving in the opposite direction: toward an agenda that he described as “anti-science, anti-business, and downright anti-human.”

The Evolution of Extremism...

• As Moore observed, the modern environmental movement has become addicted to “doom and gloom” scenarios, prioritizing fear-mongering over logic. 
• They no longer want to solve problems; they want to sustain the appearance of a crisis, because a crisis is what keeps the Green donations flowing...