{"id":75866,"date":"2026-02-28T18:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=75866"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:55:15","slug":"what-a-345-million-usd-judgment-means-for-greenpeace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/what-a-345-million-usd-judgment-means-for-greenpeace\/","title":{"rendered":"What a $345 million USD judgment means for Greenpeace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A US court has just sided with fossil fuel pipeline giant Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US to pay US$ 345 million.<\/p>\n\n<p>Quick backstory: last year, a Morton County jury of nine reached&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/73572\/jury-delivers-verdict-finding-greenpeace-entities-liable-for-more-than-660-million-in-energy-transfer-slapp-trial\/\">a verdict in Energy Transfer\u2019s abusive intimidation lawsuit<\/a>&nbsp;against Greenpeace entities in the US (Greenpeace Inc, Greenpeace Fund), and Greenpeace International.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/e4c7bfe1-image-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/e4c7bfe1-image-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/e4c7bfe1-image-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/e4c7bfe1-image-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/e4c7bfe1-image-510x340.png 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/e4c7bfe1-image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some of the Greenpeace team hold up a banner outside the Morton County Memorial Courthouse in Mandan, North Dakota March 16, 2025.\u00a9 Stephanie Keith \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The new judgment from the North Dakota court rejects portions of the absurd jury verdict delivered last March but still awards hundreds of millions of dollars to ET without a sound basis in law, failing to solve the injustices of the case. This judgement is the biggest damage award ever imposed on Greenpeace organisations. It\u2019s meant to shut the movement up.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/3a15531b-image-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/3a15531b-image-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/3a15531b-image-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/3a15531b-image-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/3a15531b-image-454x340.png 454w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/3a15531b-image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In response to the growing threat against free speech and peaceful protest, Greenpeace USA lit up Houston with bold projections of resistance and solidarity onto iconic city locations. \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>So let\u2019s be clear: this type of corporate bullying is designed to rob us of our rights and freedoms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Energy Transfer has pursued this intimidation lawsuit because Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International dared to show solidarity with Indigenous environmental defenders who oppose the climate-wrecking Dakota Access Pipeline. It was never about justice and Energy Transfer\u2019s SLAPP suit remains a blatant attempt to silence free speech, erase Indigenous leadership of the Standing Rock movement, and punish solidarity with peaceful resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>So what comes next? Greenpeace International and Greenpeace organisations in the US will seek a new trial, and if that is denied, appeal the judgment with the North Dakota Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n<p>At the same time, Greenpeace International has a suit pending against Energy Transfer in the Netherlands under the EU\u2019s anti-SLAPP directive \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/72706\/greenpeace-international-files-lawsuit-against-energy-transfer-in-first-use-of-eu-anti-slapp-directive\/\">a landmark test case against corporate bullying.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Energy Transfer\u2019s SLAPPs are part of a wave of abusive lawsuits filed by Big Oil companies like Shell, Total, and ENI against Greenpeace entities in recent years but we will continue to resist intimidation tactics. The fight against Energy Transfer\u2019s SLAPP continues \u2014 and it is far from over. We will not be silenced.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/b154d34d-image-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/b154d34d-image-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/b154d34d-image-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/b154d34d-image-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/b154d34d-image-510x340.png 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/02\/b154d34d-image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nearly 100,000 people demonstrated in Paris and 300,000 in France to defend workers\u2019 rights, including the right to live in a peaceful world and a healthy environment.\u00a9 H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Boissel-Arrieta \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>We will only get louder, joining our voices to those of our allies all around the world against the corporate polluters and billionaire oligarchs who prioritise profits over people and the planet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout  \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"#\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/05\/1ba60cb2-gp0stpy00_treated-1024x694.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/05\/1ba60cb2-gp0stpy00_treated-600x407.jpg 600w, 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