Greenpeace is an Environmental Hazard

The radicals at Greenpeace have damaged a crucial part of the environmental infrastructure:

Marine park rangers in the Philippines say Greenpeace is to be fined after its flagship Rainbow Warrior II damaged a coral reef during a climate change awareness campaign.

The ship and its crew were handed a $A15,543 fine after the 55-metre motor-assisted schooner ran aground at the Tubbataha Reef Marine in the central Philippines.

Park manager Angelique Songco says the ship's bow sliced through a reef formation measuring 160 square metres.

A Greenpeace official in the Philippines describes the incident as accidental, and says it will comply with the marine park authorities' ruling.

The Rainbow Warrior II arrived in the reservation in the middle of the Sulu Sea, about 600 kilometres south of Manila, last weekend as part of a four-month Asia-Pacific campaign to promote earth-friendly energy sources.

Earth-friendly energy sources good--coral reefs bad.

Hat tip: The always excellent Tim Blair.