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Nature 389, 780 (23 October 1997) | doi:10.1038/39716

Greenpeace and BP

Peter Melchett1

  1. Greenpeace UK, Canonbury Villas, London N1 2PN

A recent leading article1 states that "BP was not only within its rights but well advised to sue Greenpeace UK for sums that might well have extinguished the organization".Whereas it was disturbing for BP to take such a Machiavellian approach, it is quite alarming for this approach to be actively supported by Nature.