Energy Transfer Wins $660M Jury Verdict Against Greenpeace in Dakota Access Pipeline Case

A nine-person jury in Mandan, North Dakota, on Wednesday awarded Dallas-based midstream Energy Transfer more than $660 million in damages in its lawsuit against Greenpeace, the international organization for climate activism based in the Netherlands.

The lawsuit accused the organization and several of its allies of damages and defamation associated with protests in 2016 and 2017 against construction of the company’s 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline. Energy Transfer had sought $350 million in damages associated with a five-month delay in the pipeline’s completion.