Greenpeace Damaging the Environment

Ah, accidents happen, but it is kind of ironic.

Environmental group Greenpeace said Tuesday its flagship Rainbow Warrior accidentally struck a coral reef in a central Philippines marine park while on a trip to expose the impact of climate change in Asia, and that it has agreed to compensate the park.

The Greenpeace ship briefly ran aground Monday at the Tubbataha National Marine Park, a World Heritage Site in the Sulu Sea, 650 kilometres southeast of Manila, damaging a 96-square-metre area of the reef, a joint statement released by Greenpeace and the park said.

Park officials estimated damage to the reef was valued at 384,000 pesos ($6,857 U.S.), the statement said.

Nice.