July 28, 2021 | By Isaac Teo
"It began in 1971 with the first voyage to stop U.S. hydrogen bomb testing in Alaska, which we did," Moore told The Epoch Times. "And then we went after France's atmospheric nuclear testing in the South Pacific."
Greenpeace would go on to launch its "Save the Whales" campaign in 1975, followed in 1976 by a campaign to end the killing of baby seals for their fur, as well as advocating against toxic dumping in rivers by factories in Europe.
But as Greenpeace gained influence, Moore says he started to see it getting hijacked by what he characterizes as people with political ideology from the left.
"None of us in the original group was there to make money. We were all volunteers,” he said. “But the ultra-leftists took over my organization when they realized there was a lot of money and power to be had there."
He said it was during the "Save The Whales" campaign that people started donating money to Greenpeace in larger numbers, and that was when the group started getting a bank account and renting an office.
"So as time went on into the late 1970s, Greenpeace turned into a kind of business," he said. "Pretty soon it actually became a business where fundraising started to become more and more important."
By the time Moore left in 1986 after being with the organization for 15 years, "fundraising had now become the most important priority, and they would go ahead with a campaign for which there was no scientific basis," he said.
He left Greenpeace due to "philosophical and political" reasons, he said, after having served as director, president, and international director.
"Greenpeace had started out with a strong humanitarian orientation, as well as a belief in saving the environment," he said. "'Green' is for the environment, 'peace' is for the people not to be killed by nuclear war, among other things, or pollution."
Over time, "peace" was gradually dropped, and Greenpeace, along with the rest of the environmental movement, drifted into a belief that sees the "human species as the enemy of nature, the enemy of the Earth," Moore said.
The Epoch Times asked Greenpeace for an interview but didn't hear back.
In the mid 1980s, Moore, who has a PhD in ecology, says he found himself the only director with a formal science education on Greenpeace's international board, and the only director disagreeing with what the rest would propose next.
"They all agreed that the next campaign for Greenpeace should be to 'ban chlorine worldwide.' … They named chlorine 'the devil's element,'" he said.
Moore says he pointed out to the board that chlorine is one of the building blocks of the Earth, and of utmost importance for public health, as chlorine added to "drinking water, swimming pools, and spas has ended waterborne communicable diseases like cholera."
He also said chlorine is critical for medicine because 25 percent of medicines contain chlorine, and chlorine chemistry is essential in the making of some 85 percent of medicines.
Greenpeace International proceeded to launch the campaign nonetheless, the reason being "largely based on fundraising," according to Moore, and so he decided it was time to go.
Moore believes this is where scare stories of impending catastrophes and doom started. "It begins with the politicians and their bureaucrats funding the scientists who can be trusted to give them a good scare story."
When it comes to climate change, the continued narrative of carbon dioxide being a "bad thing" and "destroying the world" is contrary to what the scientific community has found, Moore says.
Moore currently serves as a director of the CO2 Coalition, established in 2015 to create educational material on the importance of carbon dioxide. The organization has published papers presenting scientific data to dispute that CO2 emissions are causing global warming.
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Greenpeace would go on to launch its "Save the Whales" campaign in 1975, followed in 1976 by a campaign to end the killing of baby seals for their fur, as well as advocating against toxic dumping in rivers by factories in Europe.
But as Greenpeace gained influence, Moore says he started to see it getting hijacked by what he characterizes as people with political ideology from the left.
"None of us in the original group was there to make money. We were all volunteers,” he said. “But the ultra-leftists took over my organization when they realized there was a lot of money and power to be had there."
He said it was during the "Save The Whales" campaign that people started donating money to Greenpeace in larger numbers, and that was when the group started getting a bank account and renting an office.
"So as time went on into the late 1970s, Greenpeace turned into a kind of business," he said. "Pretty soon it actually became a business where fundraising started to become more and more important."
Patrick Moore drives an inflatable boat seated behind cameraman the late Fred Easton, in Greenpeace’s first encounter with the Soviet Union whaling fleet in June 1975. (Photo by Rex Weyler)
By the time Moore left in 1986 after being with the organization for 15 years, "fundraising had now become the most important priority, and they would go ahead with a campaign for which there was no scientific basis," he said.
He left Greenpeace due to "philosophical and political" reasons, he said, after having served as director, president, and international director.
"Greenpeace had started out with a strong humanitarian orientation, as well as a belief in saving the environment," he said. "'Green' is for the environment, 'peace' is for the people not to be killed by nuclear war, among other things, or pollution."
Over time, "peace" was gradually dropped, and Greenpeace, along with the rest of the environmental movement, drifted into a belief that sees the "human species as the enemy of nature, the enemy of the Earth," Moore said.
The Epoch Times asked Greenpeace for an interview but didn't hear back.
Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace (Courtesy of Patrick Moore)
Emphasis on Fundraising Over Science
In the mid 1980s, Moore, who has a PhD in ecology, says he found himself the only director with a formal science education on Greenpeace's international board, and the only director disagreeing with what the rest would propose next.
"They all agreed that the next campaign for Greenpeace should be to 'ban chlorine worldwide.' … They named chlorine 'the devil's element,'" he said.
Moore says he pointed out to the board that chlorine is one of the building blocks of the Earth, and of utmost importance for public health, as chlorine added to "drinking water, swimming pools, and spas has ended waterborne communicable diseases like cholera."
He also said chlorine is critical for medicine because 25 percent of medicines contain chlorine, and chlorine chemistry is essential in the making of some 85 percent of medicines.
Greenpeace International proceeded to launch the campaign nonetheless, the reason being "largely based on fundraising," according to Moore, and so he decided it was time to go.
Moore believes this is where scare stories of impending catastrophes and doom started. "It begins with the politicians and their bureaucrats funding the scientists who can be trusted to give them a good scare story."
The Importance of Carbon Dioxide
When it comes to climate change, the continued narrative of carbon dioxide being a "bad thing" and "destroying the world" is contrary to what the scientific community has found, Moore says.
Moore currently serves as a director of the CO2 Coalition, established in 2015 to create educational material on the importance of carbon dioxide. The organization has published papers presenting scientific data to dispute that CO2 emissions are causing global warming.
Please go to [your] News to read more.
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The central bankers plan to destroy industrial economies requires constant propaganda:
The CO2 Propaganda Agenda
The central bankers plan to destroy industrial economies requires constant propaganda:
The CO2 Propaganda Agenda
Stay away from anything Chuck and his "son" are involved with. It is nothing but a big distraction to keep you occupied with more b*llshit stories while the central bankers pillage you and destroy your economy.
Green peace! Cheerful Prince Charles looks relaxed as he opens sustainable CO2 power plant during a visit to his Poundbury designer village as Prince Harry wages war with the BBC
Green peace! Cheerful Prince Charles looks relaxed as he opens sustainable CO2 power plant during a visit to his Poundbury designer village as Prince Harry wages war with the BBC
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