{"id":13749,"date":"2025-03-20T00:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/?p=13749"},"modified":"2025-07-02T07:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:38:17","slug":"energy-transfer-lawsuit-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/energy-transfer-lawsuit-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Transfer lawsuit verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2025\/03\/fbdc0283-gp0su4taj-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Greenpeace Team at Energy Transfer vs Greenpeace Trial In North Dakota. \u00a9 Stephanie Keith \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"Greenpeace Team at Energy Transfer vs Greenpeace Trial In North Dakota. \u00a9 Stephanie Keith \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-13735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2025\/03\/fbdc0283-gp0su4taj-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2025\/03\/fbdc0283-gp0su4taj-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2025\/03\/fbdc0283-gp0su4taj-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2025\/03\/fbdc0283-gp0su4taj-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2025\/03\/fbdc0283-gp0su4taj.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Stephanie Keith \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The jury has officially reached a verdict in our trial against Big Oil company Energy Transfer\u2019s meritless lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>This verdict is not the end of this case. <\/strong>Although a jury of nine people in North Dakota has decided that Greenpeace entities are liable for over $660 million in damages, this isn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>We\u2019re going to appeal. And we\u2019re prepared to fight this all the way to victory.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>We absolutely believe in our legal defense. We believe the law is fully on our side. We believe in what we did at Standing Rock, and that ultimately we will prevail against this meritless lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n<p>Before we discuss next steps, let\u2019s acknowledge that this is a dark moment in United States history. And let\u2019s talk about what \u201cvictory\u201d actually means.<\/p>\n\n<p>We\u2019ve fought Energy Transfer\u2019s lawsuits for more than seven years. Every step of the way, we\u2019ve emphasized that these types of lawsuits \u2014&nbsp; intended to silence and shut down critics \u2014 are part of a growing national attack on our First Amendment rights.&nbsp;<\/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=\"https:\/\/engage.us.greenpeace.org\/onlineactions\/fGLiVLVEN0GLrA8c61ELCw2?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=defensefund&amp;sourceid=1021286\" \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-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/8408d7cf-gp0su2kgk-1024x683.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/8408d7cf-gp0su2kgk-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/8408d7cf-gp0su2kgk-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/8408d7cf-gp0su2kgk-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/8408d7cf-gp0su2kgk-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/8408d7cf-gp0su2kgk.jpg 1200w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Global week of action - Solidarity against Energy Transfer Lawsuit - Poland. \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Max Zielinski\" title=\"Global week of action - Solidarity against Energy Transfer Lawsuit - Poland. \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Max Zielinski\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/engage.us.greenpeace.org\/onlineactions\/fGLiVLVEN0GLrA8c61ELCw2?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=defensefund&amp;sourceid=1021286\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEnergy Transfer is trying to silence our movement.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">Donate to the Warrior Defense Fund to help us fight back.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t                                    <a\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n                        data-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n                        data-ga-action=\"Call to Action\"\n                        data-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/engage.us.greenpeace.org\/onlineactions\/fGLiVLVEN0GLrA8c61ELCw2?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=defensefund&amp;sourceid=1021286\"\n                        \n                    >\n                        Give now\n                    <\/a>\n                \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n<p><strong>The truth is, \u201cvictory\u201d doesn\u2019t just mean defeating this specific lawsuit. It means that no other organization or individual has to defend themselves against this type of attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>This lawsuit was designed to scare and divide our movement. Instead, the opposite has happened \u2014 in the last year alone, more than 350,000 individuals around the world and more than 430 organizations representing millions of people have spoken out against it.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Thankfully, we\u2019ve never been lonely in this fight. <\/strong>It\u2019s entirely thanks to Greenpeace supporters that we\u2019ve had the resources to fight back for more than seven years without ever slowing down our work campaigning for a green and peaceful future.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace USA was founded on nonviolent direct action and peaceful protest over 50 years ago, and we\u2019ve exercised our right to peacefully expose environmental harm ever since. Energy Transfer chose to target three Greenpeace entities because of what our history represents.<\/p>\n\n<p>We are simply a community of people who share a set of values, and our community is part of a larger global movement. No courtroom or judgement can stop that movement.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>As we\u2019ve long said: we will not be silenced, and our movement will endure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>For now, we\u2019ll leave you with this quote from Standing Rock Grassroots member Waniya Locke, published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/27\/climate\/greenpeace-energy-transfer-standing-rock-history.html\">last month<\/a> in <em>The New York Times<\/em>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>\u201cWhen you look back at history, they always try to wipe us out.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Beyond just attempting to diminish every American\u2019s free speech rights, this lawsuit attempts to erase Indigenous leadership. It\u2019s an attack on Indigenous sovereignty, and a racist attempt to rewrite the actual history of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>More than seven years later, we remain deeply proud of what we did to support that Indigenous-led resistance. We own everything we did, because what we did was simply living our values.<\/p>\n\n<p>With your support, we will continue living those values for many years to come.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The jury has officially reached a verdict in our trial against Big Oil company Energy Transfer\u2019s meritless lawsuit. 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Ten 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. The US-based fossil fuel pipeline company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline is seeking US$300 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. The trial is currently open to the public in the North Dakota courthouse. 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