Greenpeace loses charitable status in New Zealand
From Anthony at
Watts Up With That:
Greenpeace loses charity status in New Zealand
With the way they operate, can the rest of the world be far behind? From the WUWT tips and notes we have this news.
Will and also John from New Zealand say:
Greenpeace in New Zealand have just lost their court appeal to retain their charitable tax status. It seems that legally they�re now viewed as a political lobby group:
http://business.scoop.co.nz/2011/05/09/greenpeace-too-political-to-register-as-charity-nz-court/
Considering just how "Green" the people and the government of New Zealand are, Greenpeace must have really overstepped the bounds of propriety. A fitting come-uppance for a group that started as a scientific advocacy and veered off the rails into la-la land to the point where one of the two founders quit in disgust...
Posted by DaveH at May 10, 2011 11:34 AM