North Dakota, Greenpeace

Trial begins in $300M lawsuit against Greenpeace over North Dakota pipeline protests
The case is tied to protests in 2016 and 2017 of the Dakota Access Pipeline and its controversial Missouri River crossing upstream of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation. The estimated five-week trial is now underway.
Dakota Access trial won’t be moved, North Dakota justices rule
The North Dakota Supreme Court last week denied a petition by Greenpeace to move its legal battle with Energy Transfer — developer of the Dakota Access pipeline that cuts through Iowa — out of Morton County in that state.
North Dakota Supreme Court denies petition to move Greenpeace trial to Fargo
The court also denied a request by a group of news outlets, which included Forum Communications, for expanded access to the trial.
Witness: Most tribal nations at Dakota Access Pipeline protest ‘didn’t know who Greenpeace was’
Nick Tilsen’s deposition was the latest testimony heard by the nine-person jury in the marathon trial between pipeline developer Energy Transfer and Greenpeace
Greenpeace asks North Dakota Supreme Court to move Dakota Access Pipeline trial to Fargo
Exterior of the Morton County Courthouse in Mandan on Feb. 27, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Greenpeace has asked the North Dakota Supreme Court to move its Dakota Access Pipeline defamation case out of Morton County,
Greenpeace trial begins in North Dakota in key free speech case
A US oil pipeline operator's lawsuit seeking millions of dollars from Greenpeace for allegedly orchestrating a campaign of violence and defamation begins Monday in a North Dakota court, in a case with broad free speech implications.
The oil tycoon who could bankrupt Greenpeace
The sleepy town of Mandan, North Dakota, with a population of just 25,000, might seem an unlikely backdrop for a titanic ...
The Bismarck Tribune2d
Testimony: Greenpeace gave intel, supplies, training to DAPL protests
Greenpeace provided supplies, intel and training to demonstrators who spent months camping near the Dakota Access Pipeline ...
A Tough Start for Greenpeace in Court Fight With Pipeline Giant
The environmental group, battling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, told the ...
KFGO10d
Energy Transfer, Greenpeace outline arguments as $300M trial starts in North Dakota
MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – An attorney representing the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline told a jury ...
The Washington Post13d
Why a jury trial in North Dakota has environmentalists so worried
A $300 million lawsuit a pipeline company brought against Greenpeace in North Dakota has become a flash point in the debate over free speech, with environmentalists warning the outcome could ...