Introduction

On 19 March 2025 a jury in North Dakota awarded $660m against three Greenpeace entities – Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace International and Greenpeace Fund, Inc. (“ Greenpeace ”) in an action taken by Energy Transfer LP (“ Energy Transfer ”). Energy Transfer’s claim had alleged that Greenpeace had masterminded an “unlawful and violent scheme” to harm the Energy Transfer’s finances, employees and infrastructure by blocking the construction of the Dakota access pipeline. Greenpeace argued they had promoted peaceful protest and had played only a minor role in the demonstrations, which had been led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe over concerns about its ancestral land and water supply. On 11 February 2025, Greenpeace International filed a counter suit against Energy Transfer purs

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