I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking | Steven Donziger https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/28/greenpeace-verdict-pipeline-north-dakota #Environmentalactivism #DakotaAccesspipeline #Climatecrisis #Environment #NorthDakota #Greenpeace #Activism #Protest #Law(US) #USnews
A North Dakota jury this week found Greenpeace liable for defamation, conspiracy and other claims over its participation in the Dakota Access pipeline protests in 2016-2017. Here's what that means for U.S. activism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/03/22/greenpeace-us-activism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #greenpeace #dakotaaccesspipeline #oil #us #energy #environment #climatechange
A Turning Point for Climate Action? https://www.byteseu.com/851211/ #CarbonEmissions #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice #CorporateAccountability #DakotaAccessPipeline #emissions #EnergyTransferPartners #EnvironmentalActivism #FossilFuels #FreeSpeech #GlobalWarming #Greenpeace #LegalBattle #RenewableEnergy #SLAPPLawsuits
Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
Steven Donziger, himself prosecuted by Chevron in response to his case of Ecuadorians’ injuries by Chevron, analyzes the Greenpeace case.
#StandingRock #DakotaAccessPipeline #protest #protests #freedomofspeech
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/20/greenpeace_lawsuit_north_dakota_pipeline
Greenpeace loss will embolden big oil and gas to pursue protesters: ‘No one will feel safe’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/oil-protest-activism-greenpeace-dakota-pipeline-verdict #Environmentalactivism #DakotaAccesspipeline #Trumpadministration #Oilandgascompanies #Climatecrisis #Environment #DonaldTrump #Greenpeace #USpolitics #Activism #Protest #USnews
Greenpeace loss will embolden big oil and gas to pursue protesters: ‘No one will feel safe’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/oil-protest-activism-greenpeace-dakota-pipeline-verdict #Environmentalactivism #DakotaAccesspipeline #Trumpadministration #Oilandgascompanies #Climatecrisis #Environment #DonaldTrump #Greenpeace #USpolitics #Activism #Protest #USnews
#CriminalizingDissent: #Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to #DakotaAccessPipeline Firm over #Protests
#DemocracyNow, March 20, 2025
"A jury in #NorthDakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming #EnergyTransferPartners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based pipeline company accused Greenpeace of orchestrating criminal behavior by training and providing funds to the #Indigenous-led protests at #StandingRock. Greenpeace and its supporters, including other #nonprofits and #advocacy groups, argued that the lawsuit is part of a conspicuous attempt by #corporations to destroy the right to #FreeSpeech. Longtime #HumanRights and #environmental lawyer #StevenDonziger, who was part of the independent trial monitoring team observing the trial, says it was purposely held in a region of the country with deep ties to the #FossilFuel industry. Donziger said most of the jurors in the case were connected to the industry and were 'predisposed' to rule in favor of Energy Transfer despite the 'false narratives' presented at the trial. Greenpeace plans to appeal the ruling."
Watch / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/20/greenpeace_lawsuit_north_dakota_pipeline
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFbpqCunNp0
#CriminalisingDissent: #Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667million to #DakotaAccessPipeline Firm Over Protests
A North Dakota jury has awarded damages of more than $660 million to a Texas-based pipeline company that had sued Greenpeace over its role in protests nearly a decade ago against the Dakota Access Pipeline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/20/world/crime-legal/greenpeace-liable-damages-660-million/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #greenpeace #dakotaaccesspipeline #oil #us #energy #environment #climatechange
Boo hiss...! Jury Finds #Greenpeace at Fault, Awards #Pipeline Developer Hundreds of Millions
By Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor, via #CensoredNews
"Breaking news from the courtroom
A Morton County jury on Wednesday ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the developer of the #DakotaAccessPipeline, finding that the #environmental group incited illegal
behavior by anti-pipeline #protesters and defamed the company in the late 2010s.
"During closing arguments on Monday, the lead attorney representing #EnergyTransfer told jurors that Greenpeace’s actions caused between $265 million and $340 million in damages to the company. He asked the jury to award Energy Transfer that amount plus additional punitive damages.
"The nine-person jury delivered a verdict in favor of Energy Transfer on most counts. The verdict brought to a close a more than three-week trial in Mandan.
"The jury began deliberating Monday afternoon after hearing testimony from dozens of witnesses, including current and former Greenpeace employees, #IndigenousActivists, Energy Transfer representatives and law enforcement.
"This story will be updated.
"Thank you to the non-profit media #NorthDakotaMonitor for sharing their coverage with other media."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03/jury-finds-greenpeace-at-fault-awards.html
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DW: A jury in North Dakota ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to Energy Transfer, the pipeline company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The company sued Greenpeace in 2019, for organizing protests near the Standing Rock Reservation in 2016.
The oil route was highly controversial and inspired large-scale protests at the time, stemming from concerns about the violation of rights of Native Indian tribes.
https://www.dw.com/en/greenpeace-liable-for-millions-in-pipeline-lawsuit/a-71978898
739d #ClimateAction #US #GreenpeaceBankruptcy #DakotaAccessPipeline [4]
This is a 'trifecta'
pt 1 Article Grist about the lawsuit and freedom of speech
pt 2 DemocracyNow: with a member of the legal team of Greenpeace
pt 3 DemocracyNow: with Winona LaDuke, a member of indigenous tribe
As if he just found out.
#BigOil is suing for #BigMoney ?? Why not turn it around and #MakeThemPay ! 
"This is not ok." [ ± 1min]
by Keith Edwards [Mar 13, 2025]
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O7ovNiQpe6U
#USbeware #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopThePlunder
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature
739c #ClimateAction #US #GreenpeaceBankruptcy #DakotaAccessPipeline [3]
This is a 'trifecta'
pt 4 Short about corruption by Keith Edwards
pt 2 DemocracyNow: with a member of the legal team of Greenpeace
pt 1 Article Grist about the lawsuit and freedom of speech
"Winona LaDuke: DAPL Pipeline Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Aims to Silence Indigenous Protests, Too" [7:04 min]
by Democracy Now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqVklamFtf0
Quote by DN!:
"Mar 4, 2025
As the oil company Energy Transfer sues Greenpeace over the 2016 Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, we speak with Indigenous activist Winona LaDuke, who took part in that historic uprising. LaDuke is an enrolled member of the Mississippi Band of Anishinaabe who lives and works on the White Earth Nation Reservation and was among the thousands of people who joined the protests in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protect water and Indigenous lands in North Dakota. She highlights the close links between North Dakota’s government and Energy Transfer and says that while the lawsuit targets Greenpeace, Indigenous water and land defenders are also on trial. “North Dakota has really been trying to squash any kind of resistance,” says LaDuke. “If they can try to shut down Greenpeace, they’re going to shut down everybody.”
#USbeware #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopThePlunder
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature
739b #ClimateAction #US #GreenpeaceBankruptcy #DakotaAccessPipeline [2]
This is a 'trifecta'
pt 4 Short about corruption by Keith Edwards
pt 3 DemocracyNow: with Winona LaDuke, a member of indigenous tribe
pt 1 Article Grist about the lawsuit and freedom of speech
"Greenpeace on Trial: Lawsuit over Standing Rock Protests Could Shutter Group & Chill Free Speech" [9:08 min]
by Democracy Now !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRMsNbC3cvE
Quote by DN!:
" Mar 4, 2025
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, the oil corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, claims Greenpeace organized the mass protests and encampment at Standing Rock between 2016 and 2017 aimed at stopping construction of the project. Although the uprising at Standing Rock was led by Indigenous water defenders, Energy Transfer is instead going after Greenpeace for $300 million in damages — an amount that could effectively shutter the group’s U.S. operations. “This case is not just an obvious and blatant erasure of Indigenous leadership, of Indigenous resistance,” says Deepa Padmanabha, a senior legal adviser for Greenpeace USA. “It is an attack on the broader movement and all of our First Amendment rights to free speech and peaceful protest.”
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopThePlunder
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature
739a #ClimateAction #US #GreenpeaceBankruptcy #DakotaAccessPipeline [1]
This is a 'trifecta'
pt 2 DemocracyNow: with a member of the legal team of Greenpeace
pt 3 DemocracyNow: with Winona LaDuke, a member of indigenous tribe
pt 4 Short about corruption by Keith Edwards
"Greenpeace risks bankruptcy at US pipeline trial"
by Max Matza for the BBC [Feb 24, 2025]
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vyk3n24ggo
"Greenpeace has said that a lawsuit brought by an energy company over the Dakota Access Pipeline could wipe it out.
The Texas-based company, Energy Transfer, alleges protest tactics by Greenpeace delayed the project, which began transporting oil in 2017 after President Donald Trump backed in his first term."
"Protests against the pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation drew thousands, but Greenpeace says it did not lead them and the lawsuit threatens free speech. The organisation "could face financial ruin, ending over 50 years of environmental activism" if it loses, it also says."
"Greenpeace says it could be forced into bankruptcy if it is ordered to pay the approximate $300m (£237m) in claimed damages."
"The pipeline's construction gained international attention during Trump's first term as Native American groups set up an encampment trying to block it from passing near Standing Rock.
Hundreds were arrested, and authorities were accused of using excessive force, including dousing crowds with pepper spray and freezing water as well as firing sound cannons, bean-bag rounds and rubber bullets."
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopThePlunder
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature
Witness: Most tribal nations at #DakotaAccessPipeline #protest ‘didn’t know who #Greenpeace was’
By: Mary Steurer - March 3, 2025
"A #Lakota organizer said in a video deposition played to jurors Monday that the #StandingRockSiouxTribe led the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, not Greenpeace.
"#NickTilsen, an Oglala Sioux Tribe citizen and #activist, called the notion that Greenpeace orchestrated the protests 'paternalistic.'
"'I think that people underestimate the complexity and the sophistication of tribal nations,' Tilsen said.
"Tilsen’s deposition was the latest testimony heard by the nine-person jury in the marathon trial between pipeline developer Energy Transfer and Greenpeace.
"#EnergyTransfer claims Greenpeace secretly aided and abetted destructive and violent behavior by protesters during the #demonstrations, which took place in south central #NorthDakota near the #StandingRockReservation in 2016 and 2017. It also claims that Greenpeace orchestrated a misinformation campaign to defame the company, leading a group of banks to back out of financing the project. Energy Transfer seeks roughly $300 million from the environmental organization.
"Greenpeace denies Energy Transfer’s allegations. The group says it has never condoned violence, and only played a supporting role during the protests.
"Tilsen said he got involved in the protests before Greenpeace. He was invited to join the cause by former Standing Rock Chairman Dave Archambault and his sister, Jodi Archambault, he said.
"'They called me and said, ‘Hey, we need your help at Standing Rock,’ Tilsen said.
"Standing Rock has long opposed the Dakota Access Pipeline, stating the project poses a pollution threat, infringes on tribal sovereignty and has disrupted sacred cultural sites.
"It was Standing Rock leadership that laid the groundwork for the protests against the pipeline’s construction in 2016, Tilsen said.
"He said organizers later invited Greenpeace to support the camps, including by providing supplies and nonviolent direct action training. Tilsen said he only felt comfortable reaching out to Greenpeace because a friend of his, Cy Wagoner, worked there.
"He said since Wagoner is from the #NavajoNation, he trusted that Greenpeace would respect Standing Rock’s leadership of the camps.
"Indigenous communities are often reluctant to invite outside nonprofits to help with Native rights issues, Tilsen added. He said they often don’t understand Native nations’ unique relationship with the U.S. government.
"Greenpeace wasn’t a big part of the protests, Tilsen said.
"'To be honest, most of the tribal nations didn’t know who Greenpeace was,' he said.
"Countless other groups — including representatives from more than 300 Native nations — came to the protest camps in solidarity with Standing Rock, said Tilsen.
"'Quite frankly, our list of allies was hundreds,' he said.
"Tilsen said he was involved in several protest actions against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017, including those that involved marching on the pipeline easement, jumping in front of equipment and using lockboxes — also known as 'sleeping dragons' — to disable construction machinery.
"None of the protest actions were coordinated by Greenpeace, he said.
"Tilsen said he never saw or endorsed any destruction of property or acts of violence toward construction workers or law enforcement. He also pushed back on the assertion that any of the protest activities he participated in qualified as trespassing.
"The pipeline passes through land recognized as belonging to the #SiouxNation under #treaties signed by the U.S. government in 1851 and 1868. The U.S. government later annexed that land in violation of those treaties.
"Tilsen asked how Lakota citizens could be trespassing on land that was unlawfully taken from them.
"'This is the conundrum we find ourselves in,' he said.
"Employees of Greenpeace said during video depositions played last week that the environmental organization brought 20 to 30 lockboxes to the camps.
"Tilsen said while he saw many lockboxes during protests, he wasn’t sure where any of them came from. He also said he never heard anyone from Greenpeace tell demonstrators to use the devices.
"Tilsen said that David Khoury, an employee for Greenpeace, helped identify potential sites for protest actions. Tilsen added that while Wagoner — another Greenpeace employee — didn’t plan protest activities, he trained people on how to conduct them.
"The trial, which is before Southwest Central Judicial District Judge James Gion, is expected to last roughly four more weeks."
Source:
https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/03/03/witness-most-tribal-nations-at-dakota-access-pipeline-protest-didnt-know-who-greenpeace-was/
#StandWithStandingRock #WaterIsLife #NoDAPL #KelcyWarren #Trump #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #StandingRock #SLAPPs #NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #SLAPPsLawsuits #SilencingDissent #ACAB #EnergyTransfer #UnicornRiot #CriminalizingDissent #ACAB #Blackwater #ErikPrince
Greenpeace on Trial: Lawsuit over Standing Rock Protests Could Shutter Group & Chill Free Speech - Democracy Now!
#Greenpeace on Trial: $300M Lawsuit over #StandingRock #Protests Could Shutter Group & Chill #FreeSpeech
#DemocracyNow, March 04, 2025
"A closely watched civil trial that began in #NorthDakota last week could bankrupt Greenpeace and chill #EnvironmentalActivism as the climate crisis continues to deepen. The multimillion-dollar lawsuit by #EnergyTransfer, the oil corporation behind the #DakotaAccessPipeline, claims Greenpeace organized the mass protests and encampment at Standing Rock between 2016 and 2017 aimed at stopping construction of the project.
"Although the uprising at Standing Rock was led by #Indigenous #WaterDefenders, Energy Transfer is instead going after Greenpeace for $300 million in damages — an amount that could effectively shutter the group’s U.S. operations. 'This case is not just an obvious and blatant erasure of #IndigenousLeadership, of #IndigenousResistance,' says Deepa Padmanabha, a senior legal adviser for #GreenpeaceUSA. 'It is an attack on the broader movement and all of our First Amendment rights to free speech and #PeacefulProtest.'"
Watch / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/4/greenpeace
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#StandingRock Chair: #EnergyTransfer's Lawsuit Against #Greenpeace: 'Frivolous,'
Seeks to Silence #Tribe and #Allies
"The #DakotaAccessPipeline, referred to in our prophecy as the #BlackSnake, has come to harm our land, our water and our people." -- Standing Rock Chairwoman #JanetAlkire
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, March 4, 2025
STANDING ROCK NATION, #NorthDakota -- "In the case now before the district court in North Dakota, Energy Transfer versus Greenpeace, Standing Rock Chairwoman Janet Alkire blasted Energy
Transfer with the facts and made it clear that the #StandingRockNation led the resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline.
"Chairwoman Alkire said Dakota Access Pipeline destroyed #BurialGrounds, brought in #SecurityForces and #LawEnforcement that brutalized peaceful #protesters, and has already had a spill at Standing Rock -- while the pipeline is concealing its devastating safety records.
"'From the beginning, Energy Transfer has engaged in a security battle, secrecy battle and #propaganda battle against our Tribe,' Alkire said.
"'It promotes lies and propaganda to discredit our Tribe and our good faith concerns with DAPL’s impacts on our Reservation environment, and the global climate. Part of the attack on our Tribe is to attack our allies.'
"'Today, Energy Transfer is taking Greenpeace to court, frivolously alleging defamation and seeking money damages, designed to shut down all voice supporting Standing Rock.'"
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03/standing-rock-chair-energy-transfers.html
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“A coalition of media organizations, including the North Dakota Monitor, petitioned the state Supreme Court…seeking expanded access to the trial involving the #DakotaAccessPipeline developer & #Greenpeace. Southwest Judicial District Judge James Gion has denied #media requests for photography or video during the 5-week civil #trial... He also has denied requests for a public livestream or use of cellphones or recording devices during the trial…” | North Danota Monitor https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/02/27/media-petition-north-dakota-supreme-court-for-expanded-access-to-greenpeace-trial/
