The left reacted in horror and indignation to Donald Trump’s sudden victory in 2016 and 2017 by, among other things, protesting the development of an oil pipelines in North Dakota. No one wanted Energy Transfer’s Dakota Access Pipeline ( DAPL) to travel through all kinds of spiritual Native American land, according to the “mainstream” press.
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In fact, Energy Transfer made an effort to collaborate with both locals and natives, and the majority of them were pleased with DAPL’s growth and opportunity. Nevertheless, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protesters opted to ignore the false accusations made by environmental activists. Professional protesters from all over the world got into the action, dumping dust into the program’s gears at the construction site, at financing sources, and in the PR circle. Energy Transfer claimed in a petition it filed in 2019 that these actions ultimately delayed the job by five times and added roughly$ 350 million to the cost.  ,
Energy Transfer identified three Greenpeace organizations as the sabotage’s organizers and funders: Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace International ( based in the Netherlands ), and Greenpeace Fund. Additionally, a judge in North Dakota determined on Wednesday that the renowned non-profit may pay the price for its deeds.
Before coming to a majority ruling, the nine-person and two-alternate jurors deliberated for two and a half time.  ,
Associated Press put together a summary of Energy Transfer’s event on this note:
Greenpeace “master manipulators” and “deceptive to the base,” according to Energy Transfer attorney Trey Cox, who claimed the organization abused a little, disorganized local matter to advance its agenda.
According to Cox, Greenpeace paid expert activists, organized or led rebel courses, shared information about the network way with activists, and set up lockboxes for demonstrators to attach themselves to technology.
Among the reported derogatory claims made were that the company purposefully desecrated burial grounds while undergoing construction, which Cox claimed was done to damage Energy Transfer’s standing in the global investment community. According to him, the company made 140 small changes along its route to protect divine or social sites.
According to Cox, Greenpeace’s “lies impacted creditors.” He claimed that Energy Transfer lost$ 96 million in financing and$ 77 million in PR expenses.
According to Cox, the network was delayed by five times, and the company lost$ 80 million because it couldn’t start pumping oil on January 1, 2017.
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Greenpeace, for its part, has attempted to combine the petition with a dash of racism in an effort to make it a First Amendment matter. The firm claimed in an charm on a trial-dedicated site that:
Energy Transfer, the major oil company that is the owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline, claims that Greenpeace International and Greenpeace USA organized the Standing Rock resistance in 2016-2017. This is a fabricated and prejudiced attempt to remove Aboriginal authority from this ancient opposition.
[ …] Greenpeace USA could face financial ruin if we lose, putting an end to over 50 years of environmental activism. However, this includes everyone.
Our basic freedoms to assemble and protest are threatened by Energy Transfer’s lawsuit. A victory for them creates a risky precedent by allowing more strikes on organisations, activists, and journalists and silencing our discourse through intimidation.
Sorry, terrorists, but remember that the First Amendment does not give you the right to damage property, actually assault employees, or harm law-abiding individuals.  ,
The judge decided in favor of the plaintiff on almost all of the matters, requiring Greenpeace to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The environmental problem organization, which has existed for a half-century, is expected to fail due to the loss.  ,
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There will undoubtedly be appeals, according to Deepa Padmanabha, Greenpeace’s older legitimate advisor. However, this is a great day for Americans and people all over the world who are sick of environmentalists, BLM, and another harsh, destructive, and destructive Marxist mobs who are allegedly attempting to protest the right to protest.  ,
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As I raise a cup to DAPL and Energy Transfer, cheers!
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