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Introduction
Greenpeace is 30 years old on 15
September 2001.
Greenpeace is an organization that has grown from
small beginnings into a global
(全球的)
force with offices
in
39 countries.
With a unique (独特的)
ability to achieve
changes by its
use of direct non-violent actions and lobbying (游说)
at
international conferences, Greenpeace has become the world's pre-eminent
(卓越的)
environmental organization.
Amongst the successes Greenpeace
can claim (声称)
are
the protection from exploitation (开发)
of Antarctica, an
end
to nuclear testing, the elimination (消除)
of dumping
(倾倒)
nuclear wastes at sea, the
Stockholm Treaty
banning (禁止)
many of the world's most dangerous
chemicals and
a ban on commercial whaling (商业捕鲸). |
