Mandan, ND (AP) – Texas pipeline is looking for a company’s claim 100 million millions of potential Greenpeace’s dollar in a statement on Wednesday, the progress began in the environmental organization requires an effort Silence critics from the oil industry.
Week and an estimated jury selection occurred five weeks of testing Now Manda will take place in North Dakota.
Forensic quarters From the objections In 2016 and 2017 against Dakota Introduction the pipeline and its controversial The passage of the Missouri River The high flow of the reservation of the permanent rock Sioux tribe. The tribe opposes the risk of water supply to the pipeline for a long time. Pipeline completed In 2017.
Dallas based energy transfer and its derivative company Dakota entrance, Dutch-based Greenpeace International and its American branch, the US Greenpeace branch sensitivity, concerns, slander and other crimes. The court claim, Greenpeace Fund Inc. calls the Group’s financial arm.
Greenpeace’s care postponed the construction of the pipeline, and relieved violations, vandalism and violence by pipeline protesters.
Greenpeace suspects deny allegations.
Greenpeace said the case continued after $ 300 million, referring to a figure from the previous federal work. The court appeal requires the damage to an amount that will be proven in court.
Greenpeace representatives say that the case is an example of corporations abusing the legal system to go after critics and there is a critical test of free words and protest.
“We try to see visibility around a battle for the future of such allegations for the future of the first amendment, they want such battles to remain silent and invisible.”
The court said that the energy transfer spokesman Vicki Granado was previously not about the free speech of free speech, free telepeace.
“We support the right to express the opinions of all Americans and protest legally. However, if we are not held in accordance with our law, we have a legal system to deal with it,” he said.
Company Presented a similar job In the Federal Court in 2017 Referee was relieved In 2019. The transfer of energy was later filed a lawsuit in court in court.