Jury orders Greenpeace to pay $660M in Dakota Access case

A North Dakota jury has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The lawsuit alleged Greenpeace spread false claims about the pipeline, contributing to protests, vandalism, and financial losses. Greenpeace argues the case is a strategic attack on free speech and is pursuing an anti-SLAPP lawsuit in the Netherlands. The verdict comes years after mass protests near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation.