Patrick Moore (Greenpeace)

[[File:Patrick Moore.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Moore giving a [[TED Talks|TEDx talk]]. (Note the x.)]]
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with Sir [[Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore]], the late TV astronomer.}}

'''Patrick Moore''' {{lived|1947}} is a former president of [[Greenpeace]] Canada, who left the organization because he disliked the "political direction" it was taking.

He's pro-[[nuclear power]] and pro-[[genetically modified food|GMO]],<ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSten18rI9A </ref> [[Inverse stopped clock|but unfortunately]] an anthropogenic [[climate change]] denier who now specializes in helping corporations [[greenwashing|greenwash]] their operations. In 2010, he joined Asia Pulp & Paper, which has been accused by activist groups of widespread (and illegal) rainforest clearing.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/dec/02/sumatra-rainforest-destruction-patrick-moore Why is a former Greenpeace activist siding with Indonesia's logging industry?]</ref>

==Climate change denialism==

More than once, Moore has publicly declared that "There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the [[Earth]]'s atmosphere over the past 100 years."<ref>Michael Bastasch, [http://dailycaller.com/2014/02/25/greenpeace-co-founder-no-scientific-evidence-of-man-made-global-warming/ Greenpeace co-founder: No scientific evidence of man-made global warming], ''The Daily Caller'', 25-Feb-2014</ref><ref>StevenCrowder, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDK1aCqqZkQ ACTUAL SCIENTIST: "Climate Change is a Scam!"], YouTube, 1-May-2017</ref>

==Nuclear power==
He has declared that the US needs to increase its [[nuclear power]] production in order to reduce fossil fuel emissions, and cited this as one of his reasons for leaving Greenpeace.<ref name=wired2007>[https://www.wired.com/2007/11/co-founder-of-greenpeace-envisions-a-nuclear-future/ Co-Founder of Greenpeace Envisions a Nuclear Future], Wired, November 2007</ref>

Which is odd, if he doesn't believe that fossil fuel emissions are responsible for global warming.

==Argument with Greenpeace==
Since his departure from Greenpeace he and the organisation have engaged in a sometimes vicious war of words. A Greenpeace statement claimed that he turned his back on the organisation for money, calling him a "paid representative of corporate polluters" and saying he "exploits long-gone ties with Greenpeace to sell himself as a speaker and pro-corporate spokesperson, usually taking positions that Greenpeace opposes".<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/greenpeace-statement-on-patric/ Greenpeace Statement On Patrick Moore], July 6, 2010</ref> Moore openly admits that he is funded by the Nuclear Energy Institute via the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition.<ref name=wired2007/>

==Weed killer incident==
During a TV interview in 2014, Moore said of [[glyphosate]], "You could drink a whole quart of it, and it won't hurt you." The interviewer then offered to actually bring him a glass of the stuff to drink on camera. Moore refused.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM Lobbyist Claims Monsanto's Roundup Is Safe To Drink, Freaks Out When Offered A Glass], on the [[YouTube]]s</ref> In the minds of the anti-glyphosate community, this was proof that the "glyphosate is safe" crowd was lying.

In reality, glyphosate is less toxic than table [[salt]];{{efn|The [[Median lethal dose|LD<sub>50</sub>]] of salt (NaCl) in rats is 3000 mg/kg<ref>[http://whs.rocklinusd.org/documents/Science/Lethal_Dose_Table.pdf Lethal Dose Table]</ref>. The LD<sub>50</sub> of glyphosate in rats is 5600 mg/kg.<ref>http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/dienochlor-glyphosate/glyphosate-ext.html</ref>}}  however, commercial glyphosate preparations typically include other additives, such as surfactants (think soap) to make the target plants more readily absorb the compound. These surfactants can be more toxic than the glyphosate itself. Also, just because it's ''safe'' to drink doesn't mean it ''tastes good.''

Since the time of that infamous interview, others have gone on to drink glyphosate on camera.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8sgEhpHM4k&t=441s Guy drinks Glyphosate / Roundup on Camera]</ref>

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