"Greenpeace fined for reef damage"
Quote of the moment:
Their flagship Rainbow Warrior II ran aground at Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, in the Sula Sea, 650km (400 miles) south-east of Manila.
Greenpeace agreed to pay the fine, but blamed the accident on outdated maps provided by the Philippines government.
"The chart indicated we were a mile and a half" from the coral reef when the ship ran around, regional Greenpeace official Red Constantino told AFP news agency.
LOL. Oh, the irony. Imagine if a bottom-trawler had run into the reef. Would Greenpeace have been sympathetic to the fishing company protesting about dodgy charts? Methinks not.
Their flagship Rainbow Warrior II ran aground at Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, in the Sula Sea, 650km (400 miles) south-east of Manila.
Greenpeace agreed to pay the fine, but blamed the accident on outdated maps provided by the Philippines government. "The chart indicated we were a mile and a half" from the coral reef when the ship ran around, regional Greenpeace official Red Constantino told AFP news agency.
LOL. Oh, the irony. Imagine if a bottom-trawler had run into the reef. Would Greenpeace have been sympathetic to the fishing company protesting about dodgy charts? Methinks not.
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