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Pakistan’s Kalabagh Dam Project is constructed and becomes highly contested as it develops from an irrigation project into a major effort to generate hydroelectric power.

As it prepares to protest against French nuclear weapon tests, the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is destroyed by French intelligence agents.

Demonstrating against hormone-treated beef, protesters destroy a McDonald’s restaurant in Millau, France.

Originally formed to advocate against dam construction, the organization, which later became the Australian Wilderness Society, now supports various environmental protection and education projects.