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More damage to the environment

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    More damage to the environment

    And this time it's the Beardies!

    Environmental group Greenpeace has been fined almost $7,000 (£4,000) for damaging a coral reef at a World Heritage site in the Philippines.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4395572.stm

    "Greenpeace agreed to pay the fine, but blamed the accident on outdated maps provided by the Philippines government."

    His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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    state of fear

    I knew it - it's all part of a beardy conspiracy. Everyone should read the excellent "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton where he argues compellingly (and using sound, credible science) that the real threat to the environment is not oil companies, but wicked bearded ecoterrorists, who are at this very moment sitting around a big table, eating lentils, and planning to trigger tsuanamies using undersea explosions. They probably sabotaged the levees off New Orleans just to prove their "point". Those evil, evil people....

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      #3
      This story is the very definition of irony. Excellent.

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