A jury has ruled that Greenpeace, a left-wing environmental activist group, must pay $667 million to Energy Transfer, the Texas company that partially owns the Dakota Access Pipeline.
A North Dakota jury on March 19 found Greenpeace USA liable for defamation, trespass, nuisance, and civil conspiracy. Greenpeace International and the Greenpeace Fund Inc. were found liable for some of those charges. Greenpeace USA was ordered to pay about $404 million in damages, and Greenpeace Fund Inc. and Greenpeace International each to pay about $131 million.
Vicki Anderson Granado, vice president of corporate communications at Energy Transfer, told The Daily Signal that the company was delighted by the verdict.
“We are very pleased that Greenpeace has been held accountable for their actions against us and that the jury recognized these were not law-abiding, peaceful protests as…
