Greenpeace says a pipeline company’s lawsuit threatens the organization’s future
- A trial is beginning in North Dakota for a lawsuit that could force Greenpeace USA to shut down, as Energy Transfer alleges the group caused financial harm through protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline project.
- Energy Transfer claims Greenpeace engaged in a 'violent scheme' to harm the company and disrupt the Dakota Access Pipeline construction.
- The lawsuit stems from 2016-2017 protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, which the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes over water safety concerns.
- Greenpeace argues that the lawsuit is a tactic to silence opposition to the oil industry and threaten free speech rights.
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Texas pipeline company's $300 mil. lawsuit against Greenpeace heads to trial in North Dakota
A Texas pipeline company's lawsuit seeking potentially hundreds of millions of dollars from Greenpeace was set to advance with opening statements Wednesday in a trial the environmental organization calls an effort to silence critics of the oil industry.
Greenpeace Faces $300 Million Lawsuit That Puts the Longtime Environmental Nonprofit at Risk of Bankruptcy
Greenpeace is being sued by Energy Transfer, a Dallas-based company that is accusing the longtime environmentalist group of having disrupted its business with protests near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation almost a decade ago. The trial began Monday in North Dakota, and, if successful, the lawsuit could bankrupt the nonprofit. Filed in state court, legal action accuses Greenpeace of an “unlawful and violent scheme to cause financial harm to E…
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