3 days ago · North Dakota is set to become the battleground for one of the most consequential free speech cases in recent history. Energy Transfer, the Big Oil corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, is seeking $300 million in damages from Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International, accusing these organizations of playing a central role in organizing the Indigenous-led resistance to the pipeline ...

1 day ago · Mandan, North Dakota — Ten years after the world watched the Indigenous-led protests at the Dakota Access Pipeline unfold, representatives from Greenpeace International (GPI) and two Greenpeace entities in the United States arrive at a Morton County courthouse to fight a meritless lawsuit brought by Energy Transfer (ET), today.

1 day ago · Greenpeace is set to go on trial on Monday before a North Dakota jury in a bombshell lawsuit that, if successful, could bankrupt the storied group. ... Greenpeace said the damages sought would ...

1 day ago · MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A Texas pipeline company’s lawsuit accusing Greenpeace of defamation, disruptions and attacks during protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline goes to trial in North Dakota on Monday, in a case the environmental advocacy organization says threatens free speech rights and its very future.. The lawsuit stems from the protests in 2016 and 2017 over the oil pipeline’s ...

1 day ago · The Dakota Access Pipeline moves crude oil 1,172 miles from the booming oil fields of North Dakota to a pipeline hub in Patoka, Illinois. The $3.8 billion project was completed and placed into ...

1 day ago · A $300 million lawsuit a pipeline company brought against Greenpeace in North Dakota has become a flash point in the debate over free speech, with environmentalists warning the outcome could ...

Jun 6, 2024 · In February 2025, Greenpeace USA is scheduled to go to trial in North Dakota. We are being sued by Energy Transfer – the operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline – for nearly $300 million related to the 2016 protests at Standing Rock.

Mandan, North Dakota - A US . oil pipeline. operator's . lawsuit. seeking millions of dollars from Greenpeace for allegedly orchestrating a campaign of violence and defamation begins Monday in a ...

19 hours ago · Greenpeace has said that a lawsuit brought by an energy company over the Dakota Access Pipeline could wipe it out. ... The trial in North Dakota is expected to last five weeks, beginning with jury ...

1 day ago · Greenpeace USA says that if it loses the North Dakota case, the organization “could face financial ruin, ending over 50 years of environmental activism.” But in a call with reporters last week, the group tried to sound optimistic about winning the case, even though it will be decided by a jury of local residents in a state where oil is a ...