Greenpeace ordered to pay $667 million over Standing Rock protests  /  Image Credit: Greenpeace/Stephanie Keith

Bismarck, March 21 (RHC)-- A North Dakota jury ruled against Greenpeace, ordering the environmental group to pay $667 million in damages in a defamation case brought by Energy Transfer.  

The pipeline company claimed Greenpeace organized the historic Standing Rock protests in 2016 and 2017, which were led by Indigenous water and land defenders. 

Lawyers for Greenpeace are appealing the ruling.  Attorney Deepa Padmanabha said: “I’m not surprised.  I mean, when you look at the original complaint and this revisionist history of how Standing Rock came about and Greenpeace’s role, this is another revisionist history of what this case was about and what the outcome symbolizes.  This is a an attack on the First Amendment.  This is a very blatant attack.”

[ SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW ]