Green Bullies' Distortions Are Putting Businesses In The Red: A Call For Accountability

Steve Frobes

For too long, environmental activist organizations have unfairly inflicted huge economic harm on businesses by spreading misinformation and unfounded fearmongering. They are engaging in economic warfare on an international scale.     Alas, too often businesses have made the strategic mistake of avoiding engagement to limit the damage of the attacks. It is time businesses go on the offensive and use every lever available to expose and stop this massive, well-coordinated and dangerous fraud.  An outstanding example of how unfairly-attacked companies should respond is Resolute Forest Products.....in 2013, Resolute filed a defamation suit against Greenpeace in Ontario, Canada Superior Court which is still making its way through the court system there. Then this May the company filed a federal racketeering suit against Greenpeace in the United States.......Greenpeace's own numbers estimated that it has done at least $100 million (Canadian) in damage to Resolute's bottom line.......... the company filed the racketeering lawsuit.

 But companies should also be more aggressive in pushing the truth with the court of public opinion. I am encouraged by Resolute and Exxon-Mobil drawing the line and taking the fight to the environmental extremists. It is time more businesses stand up for themselves and their shareholders, fight back and force the activist environmental groups to pay a price for their corrupt behavior......To Read More....