US EditionJudge finalises US$575 million judgement against Greenpeace in pipeline case
- Judge James Gion, North Dakota federal judge, finalised a $345 million judgement on Friday against Greenpeace, following his October decision to slash a jury award of about $667 million.
- Texas-Based Energy Transfer first sued Greenpeace in federal court in North Dakota in 2017, accusing it of spreading falsehoods and paying protesters to disrupt construction of the Dakota Access project near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
- A North Dakota jury in March awarded damages for defamation, trespassing and conspiracy, while Greenpeace countersued Energy Transfer in the Netherlands under European anti-SLAPP law in February.
- Energy Transfer said the decision was `important step in this legal process of holding Greenpeace accountable for its unlawful and damaging actions against us during the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline` and it is `analyzing possible next steps that we may choose to take to make sure they are held fully accountable`.
- Greenpeace said it will seek a new trial and appeal to the North Dakota Supreme Court, calling the lawsuit `a blatant attempt to silence free speech`, while Nate Raymond, Reuters reporter, highlighted March 10, 2017 protest imagery.
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Greenpeace has been ordered to pay $345 million to energy giant Energy Transfer for damages it suffered during protests over the construction of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago. Greenpeace is expected to appeal the ruling by a court in the US state of North Dakota.
On Friday, 27 February, a judge of the United States State of North Dakota announced the conviction of the famous NGO Greenpeace to pay $345 million in damages to the operator of an oil pipeline to which it had opposed, according to a copy of the judgment consulted by the AFP. But this record fine could threaten the very existence of the organization: it denounces the will of an American oil actor to silence it by ruining it.
Judge approves $345 million verdict against Greenpeace in pipeline suit
A North Dakota judge finalized a potentially fatal verdict against Greenpeace on Friday, affirming a $345 million jury award against the storied environmental group that Greenpeace has said may force it into bankruptcy in the United States.
A North Dakota judge confirmed Friday a conviction forcing Greenpeace to pay $345 million for damages against Energy Transfer, a pipeline operator who protested the oenegé, according to a copy of the sentence consulted by the AFP.Read more
A North Dakota judge upheld the decision at first instance, which found that the NGO was guilty of defamation, conspiracy, private property violation and criminal interference in Energy Transfer cases.
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