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Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $345M Over Pipeline Protests
Judge James Gion reduced the jury’s $667 million award to $345 million in damages for Greenpeace’s role in 2016–2017 Dakota Access pipeline protests.
- The North Dakota judge said he will sign an order requiring Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace International, and Greenpeace Fund Inc. to pay $345 million, as filed Tuesday.
- The dispute traces to protests nearly a decade ago near the Missouri River crossing, where thousands camped opposing the Dakota Access pipeline, prompting Energy Transfer to sue.
- A nine-person jury found Greenpeace USA liable and awarded $666.9 million, with the group's share at $404 million, as Judge Gion plans to sign the order.
- Greenpeace USA said it cannot pay the judgment and plans to appeal, citing it has reported $1.4 million in cash and $23 million in assets as of last year.
- Greenpeace contends the lawsuit aims to silence activists, and its attorneys say the organization had little involvement, while Energy Transfer says the case is about legal compliance and will appeal.
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Judge orders Greenpeace to pay an expected $345M in connection with oil pipeline protest case
A North Dakota judge said this week he would order Greenpeace to pay damages estimated to total $345 million to Energy Transfer related to protests against its Dakota Access oil pipeline. Judge James Gion wrote in court papers filed Tuesday that Greenpeace International, Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace Fund Inc. would each be responsible for paying…
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