Greenpeace loss will embolden big oil and gas to pursue protesters: ‘No one will feel safe’
by Rachel Leingang from on (#6W300)
As Trump pushes drill, baby, drill' agenda, Greenpeace verdict offers startling outlook for environmental activism
A pipeline company's victory in court over Greenpeace, and the huge damages it now faces, will encourage other oil and gas companies to legally pursue environmental protesters at a time when Donald Trump's energy agenda is in ascendancy, experts have warned.
On Wednesday a North Dakota jury ruled that three Greenpeace entities collectively must pay Energy Transfer, which was co-founded by a prominent Trump donor, more than $660m, deciding that the organizations were liable for defamation and other claims after a five-week trial in Mandan, near where the Dakota Access pipeline protests occurred in 2016 and 2017.
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