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.
Why a jury trial in North Dakota has environmentalists so worried
The environmental group is being sued for $300 million in North Dakota by a pipeline company in a case that has become a flash point in the debate over free speech.
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.
Greenpeace on Trial: $300M Lawsuit over Standing Rock Protests Could Shutter Group & Chill Free Speech
A closely watched civil trial that began in North Dakota last week could bankrupt Greenpeace and chill environmental activism as the climate crisis continues to deepen. The multimillion-dollar lawsuit by Energy Transfer,
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,
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Political pressure led to permit delays for Dakota Access Pipeline, former exec testifies
A former Energy Transfer executive on Tuesday blamed political pressure for the federal government’s decision to delay a key ...
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Port: Keep the Greenpeace trial in Morton County
The good people of Morton County had to live through the often violent and unlawful Dakota Access Pipeline protests. They ...