A North Dakota jury has found Greenpeace liable for defamation, ordering it to pay more than $650m (£507m) in damages to a Texas-based oil company for its role in one of the largest anti-fossil fuel protests in US history.
Energy Transfer also accused the environmental group of trespass, nuisance and civil conspiracy over the demonstrations nearly a decade ago against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The lawsuit, filed in state court, argued that Greenpeace was behind an "unlawful and violent scheme to cause financial harm to Energy Transfer".
Source: coinfanking
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Free speech in America is expensive.
I’ve been out of the loop on this, what happened did they blow something up?
Energy Transfer made billions from Winter Storm Uri by declaring force majeure on their gas contracts and then selling it to affiliates who could monetize the high prices. It’s a pretty interesting read if you google it.