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March 20, 2025

"An Attack on the 1st Amendment": Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M over Standing Rock Protests
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A North Dakota jury ruled against Greenpeace Wednesday, 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. This is Deepa Padmanabha.

Deepa Padmanabha: "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."

We'll have more on this story after headlines.


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