A jury in North Dakota concluded on Wednesday that environmental activist group Greenpeace is liable for more than $660 million in damages over their protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project, filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace in 2019, claiming the group caused financial loss through damaged property and lost revenues, according to a report from CNN.
The nine-member jury took two days to reach a verdict following a trial that lasted for three weeks.
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Greenpeace, which will appeal the $660 million ruling, has said the payout could bankrupt them.
Trey Cox, an attorney for American company Energy Transfer, accused Greenpeace during the trial of paying outside protesters to enter the area.
He also asserted that the organization defamed
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