Greenpeace Hit With $667 Million Verdict Over Pipeline Protests

Greenpeace was hit Wednesday with a nearly $667 million verdict by a North Dakota jury tied to an energy company lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline protests.

The Morton County jury’s ruling is a loss for three Greenpeace groups named in a suit brought by Texas-based Energy Transfer LP in the wake of the 2016 protests. Greenpeace has said the suit could push it toward bankruptcy.

The jury delivered the ruling, which includes punitive and compensatory damages, on claims of nuisance, trespass, conspiracy, aiding and abetting, defamation, and tortious interference, according to Energy Transfer counsel Trey Cox, a Gibson Dunn partner. ...