This is the sort of scam that's come to light through the DOGE process. A process that aims to reduce government waste, fraud and abuse.
Greenpeace really has a lot to answer for. To think that when I was a younger man I applied to join a Greenpeace vessel in the Southern and Antarctic Oceans. Their ships were chasing and harassing Japanese whaling vessels. Now, that was a noble cause. It was also successful.
I wasn't accepted for the position I'd applied for — as Ship's Cook — because I didn't have a piece of paper saying I could make a decent lasagna.
Just about then Greenpeace succumbed to hubris. And the delusion -- peddled by Jane Fonda & Co in The China Syndrome — that nuclear stations could go full ballistic and melt down through the Earth to China, with its horrid day-glo radioactivity that will kill us all. That was the beginning of the Greenpeace scare campaign that brought the burgeoning nuclear industry to a grinding halt.
Greenpeace halted the safest, the greenest, the most efficient, the cheapest form of baseload power, all because of their scaredy feelings.
For that alone they deserve condemnation. IMO.
Let alone this chicanery reported by AOL, and as revealed by the DOGE process. Which Democrats hate on. Because it's a Trump idea:
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In a stunning revelation, it has come to light that Greenpeace, a self-proclaimed environmental watchdog, has received taxpayer-funded support through the Tides Foundation, backed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This funding, meant for international aid and development, has instead fueled destructive campaigns against American energy independence, private property rights, and economic prosperity.
Between 2016 and 2019, the Tides Center, a sister organization to the Tides Foundation, received $1.5 million from USAID for a global transparency initiative. More recently, reports indicate USAID granted the Tides Center $24.7 million, of which millions were funneled to radical organizations, includingGreenpeace. Rather than advancing global development, these funds have supported unlawful activism aimed at sabotaging American energy projects. [Read on]
