US EditionDakota Access Pipeline trial in Morton County hits halfway mark
- The trial for the Dakota Access Pipeline, involving Energy Transfer and Greenpeace, reached its halfway stage with Energy Transfer presenting claims against Greenpeace for alleged criminal behavior during protests in 2016 and 2017.
- Energy Transfer reports that protest-related costs reached approximately $265 million, including $75.7 million in direct damages, as stated by a consultant during the trial.
- Greenpeace's attorney argued that Energy Transfer provided no direct evidence linking Greenpeace to the alleged damages and claimed the lawsuit was an effort to suppress environmental advocacy.
- Annie Leonard testified that Greenpeace's involvement was at the request of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and emphasized nonviolent support.
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Greenpeace-Energy Transfer lawsuit winding down
Greenpeace supported the protests with funding and training, and Energy Transfer has claimed the environmental activist group was behind the protests’ growth into a demonstration large enough to attract worldwide attention and lead to vandalism.
Former Greenpeace leader disputes allegations by Dakota Access Pipeline developer
A former executive director of Greenpeace’s U.S. affiliate on Wednesday, March 12 refuted accusations from the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline that the environmental group was a major force driving protests against the pipeline in 2016 and 2017. Energy Transfer has taken Greenpeace to trial over claims that the environmental group incited illegal acts by protesters in North Dakota that cost the company millions of dollars in alleged prop…
One of the jurors of the million-dollar Greenpeace trial worked for a company linked to the plaintiff.
The process in which they ask for $300 million from the NGO has suffered a small stir in finding that one of the people elected to the court is related to one of the companies that "possesses and operates" the pipeline that the environmental organization protested against.A million-dollar lawsuit in the US threatens to give a deadly blow to Greenpeace and the climate protests.It seems like the return of a Hollywood judicial thriller, but it is n…
Pipeline Company Lawyers: Greenpeace Helped Fund and Coordinate DAPL Protests That Turned Violent
Pipeline Company Lawyers: Greenpeace Helped Fund and Coordinate DAPL Protests That Turned Violent By AG News Staff Attorneys for Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), said Greenpeace helped fund and coordinate protests that ultimately turned violent, according to recent court arguments, reported Legal Newsline. The claims came as Energy Transfer wrapped its case […]
Former Greenpeace employee tells jury he emphasized nonviolence at Dakota Access Pipeline protests • South Dakota Searchlight
Snow covers Oceti Sakowin Camp near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on Nov. 30, 2016, outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)MANDAN, N.D. — A former Greenpeace employee who trained demonstrators during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests told jurors Tuesday that he never engaged in underhanded efforts to undermine the pipeline. Greenpeace has spent the last two weeks on trial in Morton County District Court rel…
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Pipeline attorneys call out discrepancies between Greenpeace witness testimony, report
(The Center Square) – Attorneys for the builders of a 1,200 mile pipeline in North Dakota on Tuesday questioned the validity of the testimony of a witness called to the stand by Greenpeace in defense of the environmental protest group's…
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