“North Dakota judge won’t halt Netherlands lawsuit filed against Dakota Access Pipeline developer”, 10 September 2025

A North Dakota judge rejected a request from the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline to pause a free speech lawsuit filed against it overseas by the environmental group Greenpeace.

The Amsterdam-based Greenpeace International brought the case in response to Energy Transfer’s lawsuit accusing it of engaging in conspiracy, defamation and other crimes to stop the pipeline from being built…

Greenpeace denies all of Energy Transfer’s allegations and says the pipeline company’s true motivation for bringing the suit is to punish and intimidate the activists who participated in the Indigenous-led protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017…

The Dutch lawsuit was filed shortly before the North Dakota case against Greenpeace went to trial. After sitting through more than three weeks of testimony from dozens of witnesses, a Morton County jury in March found the environmental group at fault for more than $660 million. 

Greenpeace has indicated it will appeal the decision if it’s allowed to stand…

Energy Transfer says that Greenpeace International’s lawsuit in the Netherlands is an unlawful attempt to overturn its unfavorable ruling in North Dakota. It asked Gion in July to order that Greenpeace put the Dutch case on hold until its own lawsuit wraps up, arguing Greenpeace’s overseas litigation threatens to undermine the jury’s findings…