Claim: Greenpeace focuses on multiple environmental issues like deforestation, over-fishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues.
Evidence: Founded by Canadian and US ex-pat environmental activists in 1971 , Greenpeace states its goal is to `` ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity '' and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change , deforestation , overfishing , commercial whaling , genetic engineering , and anti-nuclear issues.