Greenpeace, North Dakota

Trial begins in $300M lawsuit against Greenpeace over North Dakota pipeline protests
The case is tied to protests in 2016 and 2017 of the Dakota Access Pipeline and its controversial Missouri River crossing upstream of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation. The estimated five-week trial is now underway.
North Dakota Supreme Court denies petition to move Greenpeace trial to different court
Exterior of the Morton County Courthouse in Mandan on Feb. 27, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a petition by Greenpeace to move its legal battle with Energy Transfer out of Morton County.
Witness: Most tribal nations at Dakota Access Pipeline protest ‘didn’t know who Greenpeace was’
Nick Tilsen’s deposition was the latest testimony heard by the nine-person jury in the marathon trial between pipeline developer Energy Transfer and Greenpeace
Greenpeace Says It’s Facing Bankruptcy From Oil Company Lawsuit Over Dakota Pipeline Protests
A Texas-based company claims the environmental advocacy group tried to delay construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline with protests.
Greenpeace goes to trial in lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline protests
The owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline allege Greenpeace masterminded the raucous protests in 2016 and 2017 against the construction of the pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
Greenpeace asks North Dakota Supreme Court to move Dakota Access Pipeline trial to Fargo
Exterior of the Morton County Courthouse in Mandan on Feb. 27, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Greenpeace has asked the North Dakota Supreme Court to move its Dakota Access Pipeline defamation case out of Morton County,
Greenpeace asking for trial over Dakota Access protest damages to be moved out of Morton County
The organization is asking the North Dakota Supreme Court to move the civil trial brought forth by Energy Transfer to Cass County or elsewhere.
Greenpeace trial begins in North Dakota in key free speech case
A US oil pipeline operator's lawsuit seeking millions of dollars from Greenpeace for allegedly orchestrating a campaign of violence and defamation begins Monday in a North Dakota court, in a case with broad free speech implications.
Jury selection begins in civil trial brought by Dakota Access Pipeline developer against Greenpeace
A behemoth defamation lawsuit brought by the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline against Greenpeace began its trial in a Mandan courtroom on Monday. Energy Transfer, a Texas-based oil and gas company, accuses Greenpeace of using underhanded means to back demonstrations against the pipeline in 2016 and 2017.
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Why a jury trial in North Dakota has environmentalists so worried
A $300 million lawsuit a pipeline company brought against Greenpeace in North Dakota has become a flash point in the debate over free speech, with environmentalists warning the outcome could ...
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Energy Transfer, Greenpeace outline arguments as $300M trial starts in North Dakota
MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – An attorney representing the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline told a jury ...
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Testimony: Greenpeace gave intel, supplies, training to DAPL protests
Greenpeace provided supplies, intel and training to demonstrators who spent months camping near the Dakota Access Pipeline ...
Political pressure led to permit delays for Dakota Access Pipeline, former exec testifies
A former Energy Transfer executive on Tuesday blamed political pressure for the federal government’s decision to delay a key ...