{"id":62215,"date":"2026-03-16T16:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/belgium\/?p=62215"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:18:48","slug":"que-signifie-une-condamnation-a-345-millions-pour-greenpeace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/belgium\/fr\/actualites-blog\/62215\/que-signifie-une-condamnation-a-345-millions-pour-greenpeace\/","title":{"rendered":"Que signifie une condamnation \u00e0 $345 millions pour Greenpeace ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Un tribunal am\u00e9ricain vient de donner raison au g\u00e9ant des pipelines, Energy Transfer, et a condamn\u00e9 Greenpeace International ainsi que les entit\u00e9s de Greenpeace aux \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e0 verser 345 millions de dollars US. Cette d\u00e9cision fait suite aux actions de contestation pacifique men\u00e9es contre la construction d&rsquo;un pipeline, en soutien \u00e0 la tribu Sioux de Standing Rock.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le contexte de cette condamnation<\/h2>\n\n<p>L&rsquo;ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, un jury de neuf personnes du comt\u00e9 de Morton a rendu un verdict dans le cadre de la poursuite abusive intent\u00e9e par Energy Transfer contre les entit\u00e9s de Greenpeace aux \u00c9tats-Unis (Greenpeace Inc, Greenpeace Fund) et Greenpeace International.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"Greenpeace Team at Energy Transfer vs Greenpeace Trial In North Dakota\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/4a4a3eb1-gp0su4taj.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the Greenpeace team hold up a banner outside the Morton County Memorial Courthouse in Mandan, North Dakota March 16, 2025.\n\nTen years after the world watched the Indigenous-led protests at the Dakota Access Pipeline unfold, representatives from Greenpeace International (GPI) and two Greenpeace entities in the United States  fight a meritless lawsuit brought by Energy Transfer in the Morton County Memorial Courthouse in Mandan, North Dakota.\n\nThe US-based fossil fuel pipeline company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline is seeking US0 million in damages in one of the world\u2019s most brazen examples of a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP). ET\u2019s lawsuit attempts to rewrite the history of the Indigenous-led protest at Standing Rock and could have a chilling impact on free speech in the US and beyond. Since 2017, GPI and Greenpeace organizations in the US have been defending against ET\u2019s lawsuits, which ridiculously claim the protests were orchestrated by Greenpeace.\n\nThe trial is currently open to the public in the North Dakota courthouse. Multiple attempts by media and watchdog groups to petition the court for greater transparency and accessibility to the trial proceedings have been denied. The Greenpeace parties\u2019 request for public livestreaming was denied, and a request for expanded media cover by a number of outlets and journalists was also denied.\" class=\"wp-image-62216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/4a4a3eb1-gp0su4taj.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/4a4a3eb1-gp0su4taj-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/4a4a3eb1-gp0su4taj-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/4a4a3eb1-gp0su4taj-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/4a4a3eb1-gp0su4taj-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">Des membres de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de Greenpeace brandissent une banderole devant le palais de justice du comt\u00e9 de Morton \u00e0 Mandan, Dakota du Nord, le 16 mars 2025.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Stephanie Keith \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Le nouveau jugement du tribunal du Dakota du Nord rejette certaines parties du verdict absurde rendu par le jury en mars dernier, mais accorde tout de m\u00eame des centaines de millions de dollars \u00e0 Energy Transfer sans base juridique solide, \u00e9chouant ainsi \u00e0 corriger les injustices de l&rsquo;affaire. Ce jugement repr\u00e9sente les dommages-int\u00e9r\u00eats les plus \u00e9lev\u00e9s jamais impos\u00e9s \u00e0 Greenpeace. Son objectif est clair : nous faire taire.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Quelle suite ?<\/strong> Greenpeace International et les organisations Greenpeace aux \u00c9tats-Unis demanderont un nouveau proc\u00e8s et, en cas de refus, feront appel du jugement devant la Cour supr\u00eame du Dakota du Nord. Parall\u00e8lement, Greenpeace International poursuit son action en justice contre Energy Transfer aux Pays-Bas, en vertu de la directive anti-SLAPP de l&rsquo;UE \u2014 un cas de jurisprudence historique contre le harc\u00e8lement corporatif.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poursuite SLAPP ou proc\u00e9dure-b\u00e2illon <\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"899\" title=\"SLAPP &#039;We Will Not Be Silenced&#039; Projections in Houston\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/6f9551cd-gp0su4qyp.jpg\" alt=\"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. The projections come three weeks into the 0 million lawsuit brought by Dallas-based Energy Transfer (ET) against Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace Fund, and Greenpeace International.\" class=\"wp-image-62218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/6f9551cd-gp0su4qyp.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/6f9551cd-gp0su4qyp-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/6f9551cd-gp0su4qyp-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/6f9551cd-gp0su4qyp-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-belgium-stateless\/2026\/03\/6f9551cd-gp0su4qyp-454x340.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greenpeace USA a illumin\u00e9 Houston avec des projections sur des lieux embl\u00e9matiques de la ville de Houston<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Ce type de harc\u00e8lement corporatif est con\u00e7u pour nous priver de nos droits et de nos libert\u00e9s. Energy Transfer poursuit cette plainte d&rsquo;intimidation parce que Greenpeace a os\u00e9 faire preuve de solidarit\u00e9 avec les d\u00e9fenseurs de l&rsquo;environnement autochtones qui s&rsquo;opposent au pipeline Dakota Access. Il n&rsquo;a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 question de justice. La poursuite SLAPP (poursuite-b\u00e2illon) d&rsquo;Energy Transfer reste une tentative de museler la libert\u00e9 d&rsquo;expression, d&rsquo;effacer l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance et l\u2019autod\u00e9termination autochtone du mouvement Standing Rock et de punir la solidarit\u00e9 envers la r\u00e9sistance pacifique.<\/p>\n\n<p>La proc\u00e9dure d\u2019Energy Transfer s\u2019inscrit dans une vague de poursuites abusives intent\u00e9es ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es par de grandes compagnies p\u00e9troli\u00e8res telles que Shell, Total et ENI contre des entit\u00e9s de Greenpeace. Quelques-unes de ces affaires ont \u00e9t\u00e9 stopp\u00e9es dans leur \u00e9lan. C\u2019est le cas notamment de Greenpeace France, qui a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 faire \u00e9chouer la proc\u00e9dure-b\u00e2illon men\u00e9e par TotalEnergies le 28 mars 2024, et de Greenpeace UK et Greenpeace International, qui ont contraint Shell \u00e0 renoncer \u00e0 sa proc\u00e9dure le 10 d\u00e9cembre 2024.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ce jugement aura-t-il un impact sur les activit\u00e9s de Greenpeace Belgique ?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Non. Le jugement rendu dans le Dakota du Nord vise deux entit\u00e9s am\u00e9ricaines de Greenpeace ainsi que Greenpeace International. Les 24 autres bureaux du r\u00e9seau Greenpeace sont enti\u00e8rement ind\u00e9pendants. Si les proc\u00e8s-b\u00e2illons successifs d&rsquo;Energy Transfer peuvent repr\u00e9senter une source de distraction pour l&rsquo;ensemble du r\u00e9seau, ils n&rsquo;ont pas d&rsquo;impact direct sur ces autres entit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comment nous soutenir ?<\/h2>\n\n<p>Face \u00e0 ces tentatives d\u2019intimidation financi\u00e8re, l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance de Greenpeace Belgique demeure notre rempart le plus solide. En refusant syst\u00e9matiquement tout financement provenant d\u2019entreprises ou de subventions publiques, nous garantissons une totale autonomie de parole et d\u2019action. Notre fonctionnement est assur\u00e9 \u00e0 100 % par les dons de particuliers : c\u2019est cette base citoyenne qui nous permet de tenir t\u00eate aux g\u00e9ants industriels sans craindre de pressions \u00e9conomiques. Soutenir Greenpeace aujourd\u2019hui, c\u2019est prot\u00e9ger cette ind\u00e9pendance sacr\u00e9e et nous donner les moyens de continuer \u00e0 agir l\u00e0 o\u00f9 le silence tente de nous \u00eatre impos\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/donate.greenpeace.be\/danger-proces-660-millions-dollars-proc\u00e9dures-baillons\/\">Soutenir Greenpeace<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un tribunal am\u00e9ricain vient de donner raison au g\u00e9ant des pipelines, Energy Transfer, et a condamn\u00e9 Greenpeace International ainsi que les entit\u00e9s de Greenpeace aux \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e0 verser 345 millions&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":62218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"Que signifie une condamnation \u00e0 $345 millions pour Greenpeace ?","p4_og_description":"Un tribunal am\u00e9ricain vient de donner raison au g\u00e9ant des pipelines, Energy Transfer, et a condamn\u00e9 Greenpeace International ainsi que les entit\u00e9s de Greenpeace aux \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e0 verser 345 millions de dollars US. 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