Energy transfer is now asking north dakota's supreme court to block the greenpeace complaint, arguing that it undermines us legal authority Legal experts call this an unusual move, as us courts. Greenpeace has been ordered to pay $667 million to the company behind the dakota access pipeline after a north dakota jury found the environmental group defamed the company, a verdict that could have sweeping consequences for advocacy and free speech.anna phillips reports for the washington post.in. A north dakota jury has found greenpeace liable for defamation, ordering it to pay more than $660m (£507m) in damages to an oil company for the environmental group's role in one of the largest. Greenpeace faces an unusual new legal attack from a pipeline giantkaren zraick, 11/18/25 “the yearslong court battle over a controversial pipeline — a fight so aggressive, it’s threatening to bankrupt greenpeace usa — has taken a strange legal twist,” the new york times reports. The verdict against the environ‐ mental group greenpeace finding it liable for huge damages to a pipeline company over protests has been described by advocacy groups as a “weaponization of the legal system” and an “assault” on free speech and protest rights.
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