Editing Greenpeace (section)

==Reactions and responses to Greenpeace activities==
Lawsuits have been filed against Greenpeace for lost profits,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/suncor-sues-greenpeace-over-protest-1.809226 |work=CBC News |title=Suncor sues Greenpeace over protest |date=14 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806065010/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/suncor-sues-greenpeace-over-protest-1.809226 |archive-date=6 August 2010 }}</ref> reputation damage<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.out-law.com/page-2714 |title=Greenpeace sued for Esso logo abuse &#124; Pinsent Masons LLP. 2002-06-27 |publisher=Out-law.com |date=27 June 2002 |access-date=23 November 2012 |archive-date=2 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102131021/http://out-law.com/page-2714 |url-status=live }}</ref> and "[[sailormongering]]". The latter case, brought under a law not prosecuted since 1890, was widely viewed as an attempt at revenge by the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]] for Greenpeace's criticism of its environmental policies. The case was dismissed when the prosecution rested, having failed to prove its case.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-20-na-greenpeace20-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|title=U.S. Suit Against Greenpeace Dismissed|date=20 May 2004|access-date=4 May 2010|archive-date=1 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801011538/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/may/20/nation/na-greenpeace20|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004 it was revealed that the Australian government was willing to offer a subsidy to [[Southern Pacific Petroleum]] on the condition that the oil company would take legal action against Greenpeace, which had campaigned against the [[Stuart Oil Shale Project]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2004/2004-10-04-05.asp |title=Howard Government Offered Oil Firm Millions to Sue Greenpeace |publisher=Ens-newswire.com |access-date=23 November 2012 |archive-date=1 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801011211/http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2004/2004-10-04-05.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In March 2024, a lawsuit of Total, following Greenpeace publication about the underestimate of Total's GHG emissions in 2019, was dismissed in the Parisian court.<ref>{{cite news |title=TotalEnergies' case against Greenpeace dismissed by French court |url=https://www.baha.com/totalenergies-case-against-greenpeace-dismissed-by-french-court/news/details/61767528 |access-date=31 March 2024 |agency=Baha the information company |date=28 March 2024}}</ref> Greenpeace said the decision is important because there are other similar cases pending in courts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Breaking: Major victory for freedom of speech in TotalEnergies case against Greenpeace France |url=https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/66110/breaking-major-victory-for-freedom-of-speech-in-totalenergies-case-against-greenpeace-france/ |website=Greenpeace international |access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>

Some corporations, such as [[Royal Dutch Shell]], [[BP]] and [[Électricité de France]] have reacted to Greenpeace campaigns by spying on Greenpeace activities and infiltrating Greenpeace offices.<ref>{{cite news|title=French spies targeted UK Greenpeace|date=26 April 2009|access-date=4 April 2010|newspaper=Times|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/utilities/article6169017.ece|location=London|first1=Matthew|last1=Campbell|first2=Chris|last2=Gourlay|archive-date=9 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009143344/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/utilities/article6169017.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MI6 'Firm' Spied on Green Groups |date=17 June 2001 |access-date=4 April 2010 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |url=http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0617-01.htm |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406053032/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0617-01.htm |archive-date=6 April 2010}}</ref> Greenpeace activists have also been targets of phone tapping, death threats, violence<ref name="Timmer"/> and even [[state terrorism]] in the case of the bombing of the ''Rainbow Warrior''.<ref name="Robie D">{{cite web |url=http://www.jeanz.org.nz/conference%202007%20robie%20rainbow%20warrior.pdf |title=The Rainbow Warrior bombers, the media and the judiciary, Robie, David, 2007|access-date=21 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525062655/http://www.jeanz.org.nz/conference%202007%20robie%20rainbow%20warrior.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Global order and global disorder: globalization and the nation-state |last=Suter |first=Keith |year= 2003|publisher=Praeger Publishers |isbn=0-275-97388-3 |page=57 }}</ref>

On 19 May 2023, Russia's Prosecutor-General's Office designated Greenpeace as an [[Russian undesirable organizations law|undesirable organisation]], accusing it of interfering with Russia's internal affairs, undermining the country's economy, and financing the activities of Russian organizations recognized as "foreign agents".<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 May 2023|title=Greenpeace Russia Closes After Being Banned as 'Undesirable' Group|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/19/greenpeace-russia-closes-after-being-banned-as-undesirable-group-a81208|access-date=19 May 2023|website=The Moscow Times}}</ref>