
Erik recently pointed out
Greenpeace’s newest gaffe: accidentally running aground at the
Philippines’
UNESCO-protected
Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, damaging “160 square meters of coral,” (which isn’t all that much, unless you’re aboard the world’s most well-known pro-environment ship.) For those interested, you’ll be happy to know that Greenpeace has officially apologized to both the
Philippines and “mother nature” for
“this thing [that] happened.” Greenpeace agreed to pay a $7000 fine but blamed the Philippine government for providing it with “inaccurate navigational charts.” Greenpeace stopped short, however, and did not blame Mother Nature for placing that blasted reef in the Rainbow Warrior II’s path.
[Via Underwater Times]