Court orders Greenpeace to pay $345 million to US oil pipeline companyAt the heart of the North Dakota case against Greenpeace was the Dakota Access Pipeline, where from 2016 to 2017 the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe led one of the largest anti-fossil fuel protests in US history. (Photo: AFP)WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Greenpeace must pay US$345 million in damages to the operator of the US oil pipeline it protested, a North Dakota court ordered Friday. Judge James Gion of North Dakota cut those damages in half, determining some damages had been counted twice. "This legal fight is far from over," Kristin Casper, Greenpeace International general counsel, said in a statement to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Greenpeace International in 2025 announced plans to counter-sue ET in the Netherlands, where the non-governmental organisation's (NGO) international headquarters are, accusing the company of using nuisance lawsuits to suppress dissent.

Source: Bangkok Post February 28, 2026 06:11 UTC