Jury finds Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions for damage in relation to pipeline protests

[moonshinegnomie]

Source: cnn

A North Dakota jury on Wednesday found Greenpeace liable for millions of dollars in damages to a giant pipeline company in relation to protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline nearly a decade ago.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners sued Greenpeace for $300 million in 2019, accusing the environmental group of masterminding the protests, spreading misinformation and causing the company financial loss through damaged property and lost revenues.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/19/climate/greenpeace-found-liable-protests/index.html

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not a surprise and there i no way greenpeace can pay the damages...
this will be appealed but regardless of what you think of energy transfer or politics theres not much denying that greenpeace violated the law

[progressoid]

1. Verdict is for 650 million.

https://apnews.com/article/greenpeace-dakota-access-pipeline-lawsuit-verdict-5036944c1d2e7d3d7b704437e8110fbb

Following the verdict, Greenpeace’s senior legal adviser said the organization’s work “is never going stop,” when asked if the amount of damages would end Greenpeace in the United States.

“That’s the really important message today, and we’re just walking out and we’re going to get together and figure out what our next steps are,” Padmanabha said.

The organization said it plans to appeal the decision.

Energy Transfer called the verdict a “win” for residents of Mandan, North Dakota, and across the state.

[groundloop]

2. How did Greenpeace break the law?

I'm reading through several new articles and so far all I've found is that Greenpeace organized peaceful protests. Several sources have claimed this trial was nothing more than a classic example of SLAPP aimed at keeping them quiet.

[maxsolomon]

3. 650 million should accomplish that.

Thanks, ND Jury.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Jury Orders Greenpeace to Pay Pipeline Company More Than $660 Million

Jury Orders Greenpeace to Pay Pipeline Company More Than $660 Million
The environmental group had said the lawsuit, over its role in a protest movement, could mean an end to its operations in the United States.


Demonstrators against the Dakota Access Pipeline near Cannon Ball, N.D., in 2016. Andrew Cullen/Reuters

By Karen Zraick
Reporting from Mandan, N.D.
March 19, 2025
Updated 6:31 p.m. ET

A North Dakota jury on Wednesday awarded damages totaling more than $660 million to the Texas-based pipeline company Energy Transfer, which had sued Greenpeace over its role in protests nearly a decade ago against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

The verdict was a major blow to the environmental organization. Greenpeace had said that Energy Transfer’s claimed damages, in the range of $300 million, would be enough to put the group out of business in the United States. The jury on Wednesday awarded far more than that.

Greenpeace said it would appeal. The group has maintained that it played only a minor part in demonstrations led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. It has portrayed the lawsuit as an attempt to stifle oil-industry critics.

The nine-person jury in the Morton County courthouse in Mandan, N.D., about 45 minutes north of where the protests took place, returned the verdict after roughly two days of deliberations.

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Karen Zraick covers legal affairs for the Climate desk and the courtroom clashes playing out over climate and environmental policy. More about Karen Zraick

A version of this article appears in print on March 20, 2025, Section A, Page 21 of the New York edition with the headline: Protest Over Pipeline Will Cost Greenpeace Hundreds of Millions. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

[Cirsium]

5. Greenpeace violated the law?

I'll deny that. You should, too.