Environmental Whackos Get Bit in the Arse!
Greenpeace may be forced to shut down after jury awards $660 million to pipeline company over defamation lawsuit
(The Blaze) – The environmental group said it might have to end operations in the US if it is forced to pay even a far smaller sum.
Environmental activist group Greenpeace has been ordered by a jury to pay more than $660 million in damages to a pipeline company over a defamation lawsuit.
Energy Transfer, a Dallas-based company, and its subsidiary Dakota Access accused Greenpeace of defamation as well as trespass, nuisance, and civil conspiracy in relation to protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017.
The nine-person jury in North Dakota awarded the massive sum on Wednesday after only about two days of deliberations.
The lawsuit accused Greenpeace of paying for protesters to demonstrate against the Dakota Pipeline, but the group said only that it had played a small part in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Greenpeace had previously said that the pipeline company’s claimed damages of $300 million would put the group out of business in the U.S. The jury awarded more than twice…
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