Greenpeace

British  

/ ˈɡriːnˌpiːs /

noun

1. an organization founded in 1971 that stresses the need to maintain a balance between human progress and environmental conservation. Members take active but nonviolent measures against what are regarded as threats to environmental safety, such as the dumping of nuclear waste in the sea

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Greenpeace Cultural  

1. An organization devoted to environmental activism, founded in the United States and Canada in 1971. Greenpeace has employed passive resistance in opposition to commercial whaling, the dumping of toxic waste into the sea, and nuclear testing. It is an example of an NGO.

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Example Sentences

"This is an ecological ticking time bomb," said Nina Noelle, of Greenpeace Germany, who has been mapping oil tankers in the region.

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Greenpeace said that around 15 activists disrupted the arrival of officials heading to the event.

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Greenpeace must pay $345 million in damages to the operator of the US oil pipeline it protested, a North Dakota court ordered Friday.

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But Greenpeace noted that new wind farms are cheaper than new gas, nuclear and biomass plants.

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Greenpeace Philippines campaigner Jefferson Chua has warned that even low levels of Caesium-137 exposure carry "long-term cancer risks and can cause lasting environmental contamination".

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