Environmental Groups Are Loosing Their Charity Status

In recent years several environmental charity groups are loosing their charity status around the world. There is big money at stake here. Greenpeace has now announced that they have become non-violent.

Greenpeace
In New Zealand, Greenpeace lost their charity status in 2010 because of advocate illegal acts.
‘Greenpeace New Zealand is fighting to gain charitable status after it was turned down by the Charities Commission for advocating peace and indirectly encouraging illegal activity.”

“While Greenpeace did not directly advocate illegal acts, its advocacy of "non-violent direct action" had involved Greenpeace members acting illegally, the commission said.”

In 1989, Greenpeace lost it’s charity status in Canada amid concerns the organization was not providing a discernible benefit to the public.

“Revenue Canada, the tax-collecting arm of the government, has refused to recognize the new Greenpeace Environmental Foundation as a charity, saying its activities have no public benefit"

Greenpeace has now announced that they have become non-violent. I wonder why that is? Greenpeace earned 161 million euro dollars or 218 million US dollars in 2010.

Sea Shepherd Society

The Sea Shepherd Society has tried to set up charities in both Australia and New Zealand. It was denied each time. The Sea Shepherd Society has lost it charity status in Canada as well.

“THE Australian Tax Office is right to deny Sea Shepherd charitable status.”

The Sea Shepherd Society can get very violent so I would expect to see them loose more of their charities in the years ahead.

Sea Shepherd Society is a registered charity in the following countries only. Everywhere else they either didn’t get charity status or they lost it.
United States
France
Germany
Netherlands
United Kingdom
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http://www.smh.com.au/national/joyce-hails-tax-break-bar-on-charity-crims-20120111-1pvfl.html

Greenpeace Get Their Butts Kicked by French Fishermen

A Greenpeace environmental protester from London has been injured with a grappling hook while on a raid against tuna fishing boats, Greenpeace has said.

Frank Hewetson was injured when Greenpeace ambushed the French vessels in the Mediterranean. He is now recovering in hospital. Mr Hewetson was on one of two inflatable craft trying to collapse the fishermen's net to prevent them catching tuna.

A Greenpeace spokesman said the fishermen had an "extremely violent" reaction to their raid.

Sathoan's Wendling said French fishermen need protection from Greenpeace.

"We have requested the French state intervene and ensure the security of our sailors," he said. Jean-Marie Avallone, owner of the boat involved, accused Greenpeace of acting like "brigands."

As Greenpeace posted a video of the incident on the Internet, Wendling said Saturday that fishermen feared further action by environmentalist groups competing for publicity and donations. Greenpeace lawyer Alexandre Faro said he would be lodging a complaint for alleged wounding and assault with Paris prosecutors on Monday.

France's national fisheries body backed the fishermen Saturday, saying they "were attacked by helmeted Greenpeace activists, equipped for and engaged in a violent operation -- the destruction of a work tool."

The Federation of Maltese Aquaculture Producers also slammed the Greenpeace activists, saying they had "sought confrontation, and got the confrontation they wanted." Greenpeace "alone bear the blame for the consequences of yesterdays incidents," the federation said in a statement.

The federation noted that a French patrol boat which was in the vicinity called the activists by radio and commanded them to desist because the fishing expedition was being conducted legally and was being monitored properly; the activists did not obey the command and, according to press releases issued by Greenpeace, they insisted that they didn’t care whether the fish was being caught legally.

"The Greenpeace activity was violent and unlawful. They alone bear the blame for the consequences of yesterday’s incidents."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gMd8qz1QdmJTWzNh0LvaRAgicEiQ

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/london/10246508.stm

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100605/local/fishermen-hit-out-at-greenpeace-they-sought-confrontation-and-got-the-confrontation-they-wanted