The climate change alarmist group Greenpeace has been ordered by a North Dakota jury to pay more than $660 million in damages in connection with protests against the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline nearly a decade ago.
Dallas-based firm Energy Transfer and its subsidiary company, Dakota Access, accused the Netherlands-based Greenpeace International, Greenpeace USA, and funding arm Greenpeace Fund Inc. Plaintiffs accused the environmental group of defamation, trespass, nuisance, civil conspiracy and other nefarious activity.
After two days of deliberations, a nine-member jury in Mandan, North Dakota on Wednesday awarded a $660 million judgement against the defendants. Greenpeace USA was found liable on all counts, while the others were found liable for a portion of the allegations. Damages awarded by the jury will be allocated in three separate increments across all three entities.
The jury found Greenpeace guilty of defaming Energy Transfer and Dakota Access, as well as inciting illegal activities during protests against the pipeline’s contraction in 2016 and 2017.
Energy Transfer completed work on the sprawling, 1,172-mile oil pipeline in June…
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