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Greenpeace ordered to pay $660 million in damages over pipeline protests

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Energy Transfer Partners, a $70 billion oil and gas company, sued Greenpeace in 2016 and 2017, alleging defamation and other claims. A jury in Mandan, North Dakota, ruled in favor of Energy Transfer, awarding at least $660 million in damages. The damages will be spread across three Greenpeace entities. Greenpeace has stated that the lawsuit may force them to cease operations in the United States.

  1. Sicangu Sioux
    1. While we are pleased that Greenpeace has been held accountable for their actions against us, this win is really for the people of Mandan and throughout North Dakota who had to live through the daily harassment and disruptions caused by the protesters who were funded and trained by Greenpeace.
  2. US
    Energy Transfer
    1. Most jurors in the case have ties to the oil and gas industry and some openly admitted they could not be impartial, although the judge seated them anyway.
  3. US
    Kirk Herbertson
    EarthRights International
    1. We hope that the North Dakota supreme court will question why this case ever made it to trial in the first place.
    2. Today's verdict is not a reflection of wrongdoing on Greenpeace's part, but rather the result of a long list of courtroom tactics and propaganda tricks that Energy Transfer used to deny Greenpeace its right to a fair trial.
  4. US
    Sushma Raman
    Greenpeace
    1. The reality is you can't bankrupt a movement.
  5. US
    Kristin Casper
    Greenpeace
    1. Energy Transfer hasn't heard the last of us in this fight. We're just getting started with our anti-Slapp [strategic lawsuits against public participation] lawsuit against Energy Transfer's attacks on free speech and peaceful protest. We will see Energy Transfer in court this July in the Netherlands. We will not back down, we will not be silenced.
  6. US
    Deepa Padmanabha
    Greenpeace
    1. What we saw over these three weeks was Energy Transfer's blatant disregard for the voices of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. And while they also tried to distort the truth about Greenpeace's role in the protests, we instead reaffirmed our unwavering commitment to non-violence in every action we take.
    2. That's the really important message today, and we're just walking out and we're going to get together and figure out what our next steps are.
  7. US
    Michael Gerrard
    Columbia University
    1. This verdict will chill protests that physically obstruct fossil fuel projects.

sources

  1. 1.CTV News
  2. 2.The New York Times
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.Le Monde
  5. 5.The Guardian
  6. 6.The Times
  7. 7.Al Jazeera
  8. 8.Agence France-Presse
  9. 9.Associated Press
  10. 10.Central ND News
  11. 11.North Dakota Monitor

perspectives

  1. 1.Lawsuit
  2. 2.Oil Market
  3. 3.Climate Change
  4. 4.Pollution
  5. 5.Defamation

countries

  1. 1.NetherlandsNL
  2. 2.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Greenpeace
  2. 2.Energy TransferUS
  3. 3.Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
  4. 4.International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
  5. 5.Lakota
  6. 6.Sicangu Sioux
  7. 7.Stanford Research Institute
  8. 8.BlueskyUS
  9. 9.Columbia UniversityUS
  10. 10.Trial Monitoring CommitteeUS
  11. 11.United Nations
  12. 12.US ArmyUS

persons

  1. 1.Deepa PadmanabhaUS
  2. 2.Donald TrumpUS
  3. 3.Kelcy Warren
  4. 4.Kristin CasperUS
  5. 5.Trey Cox
  6. 6.Kirk HerbertsonUS
  7. 7.Michael BurgerUS
  8. 8.Michael GerrardUS
  9. 9.Sushma RamanUS

technicals

  1. 1.Dakota Access Pipeline
  2. 2.Energy Intelligence Forum (EIF)
  3. 3.Missouri River
  4. 4.First Amendment
  5. 5.Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Greenpeace ordered to pay $660 million in damages over pipeline protests