Editing Greenpeace (section)

=== By Patrick Moore ===
[[Patrick Moore (consultant)|Patrick Moore]], an early Greenpeace member, left the organization in 1986 when it, according to Moore, decided to support a universal ban on [[chlorine]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Baden |first=John A |title=The anti-chlorine chorus is hitting some bum notes |url=http://www.free-eco.org/articleDisplay.php?id=297 |newspaper=Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724154559/http://www.free-eco.org/articleDisplay.php?id=297 |archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref> in drinking water.<ref name="moore">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120882720657033391?mod=opinion_main_commentaries|title=Why I Left Greenpeace|first=Patrick|last=Moore|date=22 April 2008|access-date=22 April 2008|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|archive-date=8 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008052929/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120882720657033391?mod=opinion_main_commentaries|url-status=live}}</ref> Moore has argued that Greenpeace today is motivated by politics rather than science and that none of his "fellow directors had any formal science education".<ref name="moore" /> Bruce Cox, Director of Greenpeace Canada, responded that Greenpeace has never demanded a universal chlorine ban and that Greenpeace does not oppose use of chlorine in drinking water or in pharmaceutical uses, adding that "Mr. Moore is alone in his recollection of a fight over chlorine and/or use of science as his reason for leaving Greenpeace."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/05/20/bruce-cox-defends-greenpeace-and-takes-on-patrick-moore.aspx|title=Bruce Cox defends Greenpeace (and takes on Patrick Moore)|first=Bruce|last=Cox|date=20 May 2008|access-date=4 January 2010|work=[[National Post]]}} {{dead link|date=January 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Paul Watson]], an early member of Greenpeace has said that Moore "uses his status as a so-called co-founder of Greenpeace to give credibility to his accusations. I am also a co-founder of Greenpeace and I have known Patrick Moore for 35 years.[...] Moore makes accusations that have no basis in fact".<ref name=examiner>{{cite news|first=Paul |last=Watson |title=Solutions instead of sensationalism |date=31 July 2005 |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |url=http://www.seashepherd.org/editorials/editorial_050801_2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012093746/http://www.seashepherd.org/editorials/editorial_050801_2.html |archive-date=12 October 2008}}</ref>

Patrick Moore also reversed his position on [[nuclear power]] in 1976,<ref>Moore, Patrick (1976) [http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/3/36/Patrick_Moore_1976_Greenpeace_Report.pdf ''Assault on Future Generations''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020185238/http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/3/36/Patrick_Moore_1976_Greenpeace_Report.pdf |date=20 October 2012 }}, Greenpeace report, pp. 47-49.</ref> first opposing it and now supporting it.<ref name=wapo>{{cite news| first=Patrick| last=Moore| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401209_pf.html| title=Going Nuclear| date=16 April 2006| newspaper=Washington Post| access-date=29 August 2017| archive-date=31 January 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131114546/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401209_pf.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401209.html Going Nuclear] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120234840/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401209.html |date=20 January 2011 }}. ''[[Washington Post]]'' (16 April 2006)</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/patrick-moore-nuclear-energy-yes-please-436399.html Nuclear energy? Yes please!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610012919/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/patrick-moore-nuclear-energy-yes-please-436399.html |date=10 June 2012 }} ''[[The Independent]]'' (15 February 2007)</ref> In Australian newspaper ''[[The Age]]'', he writes "Greenpeace is wrong—we must consider nuclear power".<ref>Moore, Patrick (10 December 2007)  [http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/greenpeace-is-wrong--we-must-consider-nuclear-power/2007/12/09/1197135284092.html Greenpeace is wrong—we must consider nuclear power] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116000400/http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/greenpeace-is-wrong--we-must-consider-nuclear-power/2007/12/09/1197135284092.html |date=16 November 2013 }}. ''[[The Age]]''</ref> He argues that any realistic plan to reduce reliance on [[fossil fuel]]s or [[greenhouse gas emissions]] needs increased use of nuclear energy.<ref name=wapo/> [[Phil Radford]], executive director of Greenpeace US responded that nuclear energy is too risky, takes too long to build to address [[climate change]], and claims that most countries, including the U.S., could shift to nearly [[100% renewable energy]] while phasing out nuclear power by 2050.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131007025028/http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Global/usa/report/2010/6/greenpeace-energy-r-evolution.pdf ''Energy Revolution'', Greenpeace report]. June 2010</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/04/14/radford-new-greenpeace-boss-on-climate-change-coal-and-nuclear-power/|title=Radford, New Greenpeace Boss on Climate Change, Coal, and Nuclear Power|date=14 April 2009|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=4 August 2017|archive-date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019194238/https://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/04/14/radford-new-greenpeace-boss-on-climate-change-coal-and-nuclear-power/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, Moore criticized Greenpeace's stance on [[golden rice]], an issue where Moore has been joined by other environmentalists such as [[Mark Lynas]],<ref>[[Mark Lynas]] (28 August 2013), [http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/26/golden_rice_attack_in_philippines_anti_gmo_activists_lie_about_protest_and.html The True Story About Who Destroyed a Genetically Modified Rice Crop] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017185254/http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/26/golden_rice_attack_in_philippines_anti_gmo_activists_lie_about_protest_and.html|date=17 October 2013}} ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''</ref> stating that Greenpeace has "waged a campaign of misinformation, trashed the scientists who are working to bring Golden Rice to the people who need it, and supported the violent destruction of Golden Rice field trials."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Patrick |date=October 8, 2013 |title=By opposing Golden Rice, Greenpeace defies its own values – and harms children |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/by-opposing-golden-rice-greenpeace-defies-its-own-values-and-harms-children/article14742332/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015192018/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/by-opposing-golden-rice-greenpeace-defies-its-own-values-and-harms-children/article14742332/ |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |access-date=November 17, 2023 |website=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>