Judge finalizes order for Greenpeace to pay $345 million in North Dakota oil pipeline case

By: Mary Steurer

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: February 27, 2026

Words: 744

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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A North Dakota judge officially ordered Greenpeace to pay $345 million to the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline following a nearly yearlong tug-of-war over a Morton County jury’s verdict.

The jury in March 2025 originally ordered Greenpeace to pay Energy Transfer about $667 million, finding the environmental group at fault for harming the company during anti-pipeline protests in North Dakota in 2016 and 2017 and for publishing false statements that harmed the company’s …

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