North Dakota jury found Greenpeace held hundreds of millions of dollars in responsibility on Wednesday [over $660 million] The role of damages in months-long protests against the Dakota access pipeline in 2016 and 2017. [emphasis, links added]
After two days of deliberation, New York Times The jury reportedly returned to the verdict.
The owner and operator of the pipeline’s energy transfer filed a lawsuit in North Dakota court to file a lawsuit against Greenpeace and Red Warriors Camp.
The lawsuit says Greenpeace has made misinformation via massive emails claiming that Dakota’s access pipeline will span sovereign lands of the permanent Rock Sioux tribes.
In court documents, Energy Transfer claimed that protesters participated in a campaign of “radical direct action”, including hacking into company property, destroying construction equipment, and assaulting employees and contractors.
In testimony at the trial, Greenpeace insisted that it played a minor role in protests led by indigenous groups.
CNN reported that the group believes the lawsuit is a company's efforts to infringe on Greenpeace's right to freedom of speech.
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