Greenpeace International and Greenpeace USA announced that they will request a new trial and, if necessary, appeal to the Supreme Court of North Dakota, USA, the ruling in which a District Court ordered them to pay USD 345 million in damages to the company Energy Transfer.
The final ruling in the case, issued on February 27 by a North Dakota judge, aligned with a previous decision he issued in October, in which he nearly halved the $667 million compensation that a jury had awarded to the pipeline company in March.
Energy Transfer filed the lawsuit against Greenpeace in 2017, accusing the organization of spreading lies about the Dakota Access project —located near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation— and of paying protesters to disrupt pipeline construction.
“Reporting companies that harm the environment should never be considered illegal,” said Marco Simons, interim legal advisor for Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace Fund.
More information here and here .
Greenpeace International and Greenpeace USA announced that they will request a new trial and, if necessary, appeal to the Supreme Court of North Dakota, USA, the ruling in which a District Court ordered them to pay USD 345 million in damages to the company Energy Transfer.
The final ruling in the case, issued on February 27 by a North Dakota judge, aligned with a previous decision he issued in October, in which he nearly halved the $667 million compensation that a jury had awarded to the pipeline company in March.
Energy Transfer filed the lawsuit against Greenpeace in 2017, accusing the organization of spreading lies about the Dakota Access project —located near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation— and of paying protesters to disrupt pipeline construction.
“Reporting companies that harm the environment should never be considered illegal,” said Marco Simons, interim legal advisor for Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace Fund.
More information here and here .