After protest against pipeline
Greenpeace should pay a penalty of over $ 600 million
In 2017, Greenpeace protested the construction of a pipeline that leads through the area of two indigenous tribes in the United States. The operating company sued – with success.
A court in the US state of North Dakota sentenced the Greenpeace environmental organization to pay several hundred million dollars to the operator of an oil pipeline. This was announced by a spokeswoman for the non -governmental organization (NGO) of the AFP news agency.
According to the Guardian. The organization said that a punishment in this amount could mean bankruptcy for the US branch of Greenpeace.
The pipeline operator Energy Transfer had sued Greenpeace for protests against the pipeline, which leads through areas of Sioux tribes. Energy Transfer had accused the environmental protection organization a violent and defamatory campaign.
Greenpeace criticized that the court proceedings are used to “silence” the organization. According to “Guardian”, lawyers in the United States also expressed concern that the judgment could restrict free speech.
Greenpeace protested the pipeline building in 2017
The almost 1900 -kilometer Dakota Access Pipeline was put into operation in 2017. It connects oil fields in the state of North Dakota with a distribution center in the state of Illinois. In his first term in office, US President Donald Trump had given the green light for the commissioning of the pipeline. The project was on ice under his predecessor Barack Obama.
The trunk of the Standing Rock Sioux and the neighboring tribe of the Cheyenne River Sioux, which have holy sites in the area, had legally against the pipeline. They not only denounced the country’s exposure, but also feared that drinking water could be contaminated by leaking on the line. The pipeline leads, among other things, through a lake.
The billionaire and founder of Energy Transfer, Kelcy Warren, was one of the major donors of today’s US president during Donald Trump’s election campaign. In the trial of Greenpeace, he said that his company had offered the Standing Rock Sioux money, a luxury ranch and a new school if they no longer hindered the construction of the pipeline. The trunk had rejected.
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