{"id":342642,"date":"2024-09-11T09:26:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=342642"},"modified":"2024-09-11T09:26:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:26:08","slug":"greenpeace-usa-may-be-wiped-out-by-300m-lawsuit-from-pipeline-tycoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=342642","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace USA may be wiped out by $300m lawsuit from Pipeline tycoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Greenpeace USA say it may be bankrupted by a pipeline billionaire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Even though the evidence for a climate catastrophe is \u201coverwhelming\u201d and they have the media licking their shoes, Greenpeace have somehow failed to persuade the voters to share their outrage and cancel the pipelines that carry \u201cfossil\u201d fuels. So they moved to lawfare and allegedly a slow sabotage through dubious protests that stopped companies from carrying out legal business activity. Now finally, after years of battling, one pipeline billionaire is said to be \u201cwithin spitting distance\u201d of winning a $300 million dollar case against them. His company is called Energy Transfer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, Greenpeace and some native American tribal groups and activists camped for months in a corner of North Dakota to stop the crude oil pipeline his company was building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case is set for trial in February in North Dakota. Obviously the outcome is not known, but everyone seems to be acting as if they do know. The first line of the Wall Street Journal<\/em> says the billionaire \u201cis about to land a knockout punch on Greenpeace. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donors to Greenpeace will not be happy if their money ends up with a crude oil pipeline company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Texas Billionaire Who Has Greenpeace USA on the Verge of Bankruptcy<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Beno\u00eet Morenne, WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy Transfer\u2019s lawsuit alleges several Greenpeace entities incited the Dakota Access protests, funded attacks to damage the pipeline, and spread misinformation about the company and its project. The case is set for trial in February in a North Dakota state court, where both sides expect a fossil-fuel-friendly jury. Energy Transfer is seeking $300 million in damages, which would likely wipe out Greenpeace USA, according to the group\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deepa Padmanabha, Greenpeace USA\u2019s acting co-executive director, said the lawsuit is \u201can existential threat\u201d to the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelce claims people have not wanted to take on these protestors for fear it would \u201clook wrong\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody is afraid of these environmental groups and the fear that it may look wrong if you fight back with these people,\u201d Warren said in a 2017 TV interview. \u201cBut what they did to us is wrong, and they\u2019re gonna pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Pipeline billionaire does win the $300 million suit, it will wipe out Greenpeace USA (but not the rest of the Greenpeace international circus.) Greenpeace say they had a  \u201climited role\u201d. The lawsuit alleges they funded attacks on the pipeline, incited protests and spread misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May the floodgates open<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, the European arm of Greenpeace has just been ordered to pay $50,000 in fines for getting in the way of oil tankers in 2022:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danish court fines Greenpeace for blocking transit of tankers carrying Russian oil<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A court in the town of Svendborg in Denmark has imposed fines totalling DKK360,000 (US$53,000) against the local branch of environmental activist group Greenpeace in connection with some of its members\u2019 actions in attempting to disrupt the movement of crude oil imported from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After years of petulant attention-seeking antics, Greenpeace has lost community sympathy and its sacred un-suable glow (at least in some states). This is the company with a budget in the hundreds of millions, which threatened people with \u201cwe know where you live\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the Greenpeace attitude of 2010<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proper channels have failed. It\u2019s time for mass civil disobedience to cut off the financial oxygen from denial and scepticism. If you\u2019re one of those who believe that this is not just necessary but also possible, speak to us. Let\u2019s talk about what that mass civil disobedience is going to look like. If you\u2019re one of those who have spent their lives undermining progressive climate legislation, bankrolling junk science, fuelling spurious debates around false solutions and cattle-prodding democratically-elected governments into submission, then hear this: We know who you are. We know where you live. We know where you work. And we be many, but you be few.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But ponder what a travesty the justice system is. The pipeline was delayed in 2016, and instead of authorities protecting a legal activity at the time, here we are eight years later, after a million or two has been send to lawyers, and we still don\u2019t have certainty. Meanwhile, Greenpeace and others delayed a product that people wanted. Some poor deplorables must have paid more than they would have for crude oil based products during the delay, but they won\u2019t get a cent back in compensation. If only people could sue the justice system\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protest photo by Becker1999 from Grove City, OH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comments at the WSJ are spirited:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Harry Prothero says<\/strong>: \u201cGreat news!!! How do I contribute to Mr. Warren\u2019s lawsuit against these jackals?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Limbruner: <\/strong>Thank goodness an oil & gas executive that\u2019s not running to a foxhole and hiding but is taking the fight to his company\u2019s opponents!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Thomas at the WSJ:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this process \u2013 I recall on conversation with a utility industry professional who works in ND who shared a plane ride to NYC with a self-proclaimed professional activist who bragged about the money he made as a protester, including bonus payments for getting his pictures in the paper as part of raising publicity against the pipeline. Hoping that justice prevails vs. Greenpeace and the cleansing light of day shines on the \u201cprofessional shakedown \u201c industry of environmental protesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Reader<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even though the evidence for a climate catastrophe is \u201coverwhelming\u201d and they have the media licking their shoes, Greenpeace have somehow failed to persuade the voters to share their outrage and cancel the pipelines that carry \u201cfossil\u201d fuels. So they moved to lawfare and allegedly a slow sabotage through dubious protests that stopped companies from carrying out legal business activity. Now finally, after years of battling, one pipeline billionaire is said to be \u201cwithin spitting distance\u201d of winning a $300 million dollar case against them. 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