News Coverage
(April 10, 2025): Rolling Stone: How Greenpeace lost a $667 million trial — but saved its soul
(April 3, 2025): Amazon Watch: Big Oil’s “Lawfare” Attacks on Advocacy and Accountability
(April 3, 2025): David Suzuki Foundation: U.S. pipeline giant’s Greenpeace lawsuit is attack on freedoms
(April 1, 2025): The Internationalist Newsletter: The Corporate Attack on Climate Activism with Steven Donziger
(April 1, 2025): Environmental Justice Foundation: Statement from the Environmental Justice Foundation in support of Greenpeace and freedom of speech
(March 31, 2025): The New York Times: A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss
(March 28, 2025): The Guardian: I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking
(March 26, 2025): Common Dreams: The Verdict Against Greenpeace Is an Attack on Us All
(March 25, 2025): The Guardian: The North Dakota ruling against Greenpeace is a threat to free speech
(March 24, 2025): The Progressive: Suppressing Environmental Protest Just Got Easier
(March 21, 2025): ExxonKnews: The Greenpeace verdict is a warning sign for protest rights
(March 21, 2025): Mother Jones: Greenpeace Verdict Stems From “Weaponization of the Legal System,” Advocates Say
(March 20, 2025): Amnesty International: USA: Chilling verdict against Greenpeace sets damaging precedent for protection and promotion of human rights and climate justice
(March 20, 2025): Democracy Now!: Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
(March 19, 2025): The New York Times: Jury Orders Greenpeace to Pay Pipeline Company More Than $660 Million
(March 19, 2025): The Washington Post: Greenpeace ordered to pay Dakota Access Pipeline operator $667 million in case that could destroy the group
(March 19, 2025): The Guardian: Greenpeace must pay at least $660m over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
(March 19, 2025): North Dakota Monitor: Jury finds Greenpeace at fault for protest damages, awards pipeline developer more than $660 million
(March 19, 2025): CNN: Jury finds Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions in relation to pipeline protest
(March 18, 2025): Financial Times: The North Dakota court battle testing free speech in Donald Trump’s America
(March 17, 2025): North Dakota Monitor: Greenpeace case in hands of jury as Energy Transfer makes case for $800 million in damages
(March 16, 2025): The New York Times: It Fought to Save the Whales. Can Greenpeace Save Itself?
(March 14, 2025) North Dakota Monitor: Testimony wraps up in Greenpeace trial with jury expected to get case early next week
(March 12, 2025) North Dakota Monitor: Former Greenpeace leader disputes allegations by Dakota Access Pipeline developer
(March 11, 2025) North Dakota Monitor: Former Greenpeace employee tells jury he emphasized nonviolence at Dakota Access Pipeline protests
(March 7, 2025) WBUR (National Public Radio): Greenpeace goes to trial in lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline protests
(March 5, 2025) North Dakota Monitor: North Dakota Supreme Court denies petition to move Greenpeace trial to different court
(March 5, 2025) The Telegraph: The oil tycoon who could bankrupt Greenpeace
(March 4, 2025) KFYR-TV: Greenpeace asking for trial over Dakota Access protest damages to be moved out of Morton County
(March 4, 2025) Bismarck Tribune: Witness: Most Tribal Nations at DAPL Protest “didn’t know who Greenpeace was”
(March 4, 2025) Donziger on Justice: It's Not Just About Greenpeace. The First Amendment Is On Trial In North Dakota.
(March 4, 2025) Democracy Now!: Winona LaDuke: DAPL Pipeline Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Aims to Silence Indigenous Protests, Too
(March 4, 2025) Democracy Now!: Greenpeace on Trial: $300M Lawsuit over Standing Rock Protests Could Shutter Group & Chill Free Speech
(March 3, 2025) Standing Rock Sioux Tribe: Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairwoman Janet Alkire Statement on the Energy Transfer Lawsuit Against Greenpeace
(March 2, 2025) The New York Times: A Tough Start for Greenpeace in Court Fight With Pipeline Giant
(Feb 28, 2025) North Dakota Monitor: Greenpeace asks North Dakota Supreme Court to move Dakota Access Pipeline trial to Fargo
(Feb 28, 2025) North Dakota Monitor: Greenpeace gave intel, supplies, training to Dakota Access Pipeline protests
(Feb 27, 2025) The New York Times: The Case Against Greenpeace Puts a Spotlight on Native History
(Feb 27, 2025) CNN: Trial begins in fossil fuel pipeline company’s $300M lawsuit against Greenpeace over protests
(Feb 27, 2025) North Dakota Monitor: Media petition North Dakota Supreme Court for expanded access to Greenpeace trial
(Feb 27, 2025) Status Coup News: Standing Rock Trial an ASSAULT on Native Americans, Protest—w/ Steven Donziger
(Feb 27, 2025) The Guardian: Most jurors in US pipeline case against Greenpeace have fossil fuel industry ties
(Feb 26, 2025) Slate: A $300 Million Lawsuit Is Threatening a Storied Activist Group. You Should Be Worried.
(Feb 24, 2025) NBC News: Greenpeace says a pipeline company's lawsuit threatens the organization's future
(Feb 24, 2025) North Dakota Monitor: Water protectors on trial again as Greenpeace case begins in North Dakota
(Feb 24, 2025) National Public Radio: Greenpeace faces a $300 million lawsuit after Dakota Access Pipeline protests
(Feb 24, 2025) The New York Times: Greenpeace Goes to Court in $300 Million Suit That Poses Bankruptcy Risk
(Feb 24, 2025) The Washington Post: Greenpeace is on trial. Here’s why the case is getting so much attention.
(Feb 23, 2025) Donziger on Justice: SLAPP Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is An Attack on the Entire Climate Movement
(Feb 23, 2025) Truthout: Protest Rights Are at Stake as Pipeline Company Brings Greenpeace to Trial
(Feb 23, 2025) Bismarck Tribune: Trial Monitors plan to observe North Dakota Jury Trial in Greenpeace Energy Transfer Case
(Feb 22, 2025) Barron’s: US Pipeline Case Heads To Court In High-stakes Free Speech Fight
(Feb 21, 2025) Inside Climate News: A Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Meant to Bankrupt It and Deter Public Protests, Environmental Groups Warn
(Feb 21, 2025) Common Dreams: Energy Transfer Is Putting Free Speech and Climate Activism on Trial
(Feb 20, 2025) The Guardian: Fossil fuel firm’s $300m trial against Greenpeace to begin: ‘Weaponizing the judicial system’
(Feb 20, 2025) Barnraising Media: In a North Dakota Courtroom, the Battle for Standing Rock Continues
(Feb 14, 2025) North Dakota Monitor: Trial monitors plan to observe North Dakota jury trial in Greenpeace, Energy Transfer case
(Oct 1, 2024) Politico: 1.4M gallons of fluid leaked from Dakota Access drilling, report says