{"id":483,"date":"2025-03-19T23:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T23:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T23:25:34","slug":"greenpeace-the-crazy-nutcase-movement-that-wats-us-all-to-live-in-caves-gets-a-taste-of-its-own-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/greenpeace-the-crazy-nutcase-movement-that-wats-us-all-to-live-in-caves-gets-a-taste-of-its-own-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"GREENPEACE, THE CRAZY NUTCASE MOVEMENT THAT WATS US ALL TO LIVE IN CAVES GETS A TASTE OF ITS OWN MEDICINE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Breaking: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay Hundreds of Millions in Dakota Pipeline Protest Lawsuit\u2014looks like Greenpeace finally got a taste of its own medicine.<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n
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    A North Dakota jury has slammed the environmental darling with a bill for hundreds of millions, payable to Energy Transfer Partners, the Dallas-based oil and gas titan behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. Announced today, this delicious verdict ties back to the 2016 and 2017 protests that tried\u2014and failed\u2014to stop the pipeline.<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n
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    Energy Transfer claimed Greenpeace\u2019s \u201cmisinformation campaign\u201d incited criminal antics and smeared their good name, demanding $300 million. The jury? They ate it up, siding with the company on most counts. Ouch.<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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    This has been a long time coming. Energy Transfer argued that Greenpeace didn\u2019t just cheer from the sidelines\u2014they whipped up a frenzy that crossed legal lines. Meanwhile, Greenpeace is crying foul, clutching their pearls and insisting this lawsuit is a corporate plot to \u201cdestroy the right to peaceful protest.\u201d Constitutional rights experts are wringing their hands too, fretting about a \u201cchilling effect\u201d on free speech. Boo-hoo. The jury wasn\u2019t buying the sob story, and now Greenpeace is staring down a payout that might just bankrupt their U.S. outfit. Couldn\u2019t happen to a nicer bunch.<\/p>\n

    Deepa Padmanabha, Greenpeace\u2019s senior legal adviser, tried to spin it:<\/p>\n

    \u201cWhat we saw over these three weeks was Energy Transfer\u2019s blatant disregard for the voices of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. And while they also tried to distort the truth about Greenpeace\u2019s role in the protests, we instead reaffirmed our unwavering commitment to non-violence in every action we take.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Nice try, Deepa, but the jury saw through the sanctimony. Energy Transfer even played a clever card, suing three Greenpeace entities as one big happy family\u2014checkmate.<\/p>\n

    So, what\u2019s the takeaway? Is this a glorious win for holding activist groups accountable when their antics go too far? You bet it is. Greenpeace had it coming, and now they\u2019re squirming. Sure, they\u2019ll wail about corporate overreach and appeal until the cows come home, but for now, let\u2019s savor the moment. The Dakota Access Pipeline\u2019s been pumping oil for years despite their tantrums, and this ruling? It\u2019s the cherry on top.<\/p>\n

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    B Breaking: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay Hundreds of Millions in Dakota Pipeline Protest Lawsuit\u2014looks like Greenpeace finally got a taste of its own medicine. A North Dakota jury has slammed the environmental darling with a bill for hundreds of millions, payable to Energy Transfer Partners, the Dallas-based oil and gas titan behind the Dakota Access […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}