A few years ago, Greenpeace and other far left activists protested the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, causing all kinds of damage to construction equipment in the process.
Now a jury in North Dakota has ordered them to pay more than $600 million in damages over the protests.
Some people are suggesting the court’s decision could bankrupt the group.
CBS News reports:
Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660 million to fossil fuel company over pipeline protests
In a win for the oil and gas pipeline company Energy Transfer, a nine-person North Dakota jury found the environmental group Greenpeace liable for more than $660 million in damages and defamation for the 2016 to 2017 Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
In their lawsuit, Dallas-based Energy Transfer claimed Greenpeace was responsible for defamation, disruption and property damage for the protests that captured national attention in 2016. Greenpeace claimed the lawsuit threatened its freedom of speech.
In a statement, Energy Transfer said, “This win is really for the people of Mandan and throughout North Dakota who had to live through the daily harassment and disruptions caused by the protesters who were funded and trained by Greenpeace. It is also a win for all law-abiding Americans who understand the difference between the right to free speech and breaking the law.”
Greenpeace plans to appeal the verdict. “This is the end of a chapter, but not the end of our fight. Energy Transfer knows we don’t have $660 million. They want our silence, not our money.” Sushma Raman, interim executive director of Greenpeace Inc., told CBS News.
So they’re planning to appeal? What if the appeal fails?
Jury orders Greenpeace to pay pipeline company $660 million — This will put Greenpeace into banlruptcy.https://t.co/nWpJjhIwvK pic.twitter.com/aMeaWv99sa
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) March 20, 2025
More winning: Jury finds Greenpeace liable for $660 million in damages to oil pipeline company. https://t.co/NPLeyaRSTh pic.twitter.com/7zYh4R8Erb
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) March 19, 2025
Greenpeace to pay North Dakota pipeline company Energy Transfer $660 million due to defamation and criminal activity from the paid street communists nearly a decade ago. I loathe these little street communists. pic.twitter.com/kCxsM8Po2w
— Matthew Nichol (@MatthewNichol5) March 19, 2025
Maybe Greenpeace could hold a bake sale to raise the funds.
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