Environmental activists are active spied on and blackmailed by Governments. Probably not the best use of taxpayer money? From: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-n

Environmental activists are active spied on and blackmailed by Governments. Probably not the best use of taxpayer money? From: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/25/activist-deceived-relationship-met-police-officer-wins-compensation-kate-wilson https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/25/activist-dec... "An environmental activist who was deceived into a two-year intimate relationship by an undercover police officer has been awarded £229,000 in compensation after winning a landmark legal case. Kennedy was part of a covert police operation that spied on more than 1,000 predominantly leftwing and progressive political groups over more than four decades. Many undercover officers deceived women they were spying on into sexual relationships during their covert deployments." Environment activists: 'I got death and rape threats’: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-54165868 https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-54165868