{"id":445530,"date":"2026-05-21T04:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=445530"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:29:09","slug":"greenpeace-legal-end-run-to-avoid-us-court-is-ruled-out-of-bounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=445530","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Legal End Run to Avoid US Court is Ruled Out of\u00a0Bounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"445532\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=445532\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-ChatGPT-Greenpeace-Legal-End-Run-to-Avoid-US-Court-is-Ruled-Out-of-Bounds.png?fit=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0 ChatGPT  Greenpeace Legal End Run to Avoid US Court is Ruled Out of Bounds\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-ChatGPT-Greenpeace-Legal-End-Run-to-Avoid-US-Court-is-Ruled-Out-of-Bounds.png?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-ChatGPT-Greenpeace-Legal-End-Run-to-Avoid-US-Court-is-Ruled-Out-of-Bounds.png?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-ChatGPT-Greenpeace-Legal-End-Run-to-Avoid-US-Court-is-Ruled-Out-of-Bounds.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-ChatGPT-Greenpeace-Legal-End-Run-to-Avoid-US-Court-is-Ruled-Out-of-Bounds.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-ChatGPT-Greenpeace-Legal-End-Run-to-Avoid-US-Court-is-Ruled-Out-of-Bounds.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-ChatGPT-Greenpeace-Legal-End-Run-to-Avoid-US-Court-is-Ruled-Out-of-Bounds.png?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-ChatGPT-Greenpeace-Legal-End-Run-to-Avoid-US-Court-is-Ruled-Out-of-Bounds.png?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-ChatGPT-Greenpeace-Legal-End-Run-to-Avoid-US-Court-is-Ruled-Out-of-Bounds.png?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-ChatGPT-Greenpeace-Legal-End-Run-to-Avoid-US-Court-is-Ruled-Out-of-Bounds.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2026\/05\/18\/greenpeace-legal-end-run-to-avoid-us-court-is-ruled-out-of-bounds\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"405\" data-attachment-id=\"445537\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=445537\" 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100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AI generated free pik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jason Isaac report at The Hill&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/energy-environment\/5872002-north-dakota-court-rules-greenpeace\/\"><strong>Greenpeace\u2019s attempt to swindle US courts just got harpooned.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp; Excerpts in italics wtih my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"262\" data-attachment-id=\"445540\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=445540\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-156.png?fit=399%2C262&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"399,262\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-156.png?fit=399%2C262&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-156.png?resize=399%2C262&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-156.png?w=399&amp;ssl=1 399w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-156.png?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The North Dakota Supreme Court<\/strong>&nbsp;just drew a bright line for the rule of law, U.S. sovereignty and the energy infrastructure that keeps our country running. On May 7, the court<strong>&nbsp;ruled four to one<\/strong>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<strong>Greenpeace International cannot use a Dutch court to nullify what a unanimous American jury already decided.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>It is a welcome victory, but the fight against eco-lawfare is far from over.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The case began in&nbsp;<strong>2019<\/strong>, when&nbsp;<strong>Energy Transfer sued Greenpeace and other activist groups<\/strong>&nbsp;over the coordinated, sometimes&nbsp;<strong>violent campaign waged against the Dakota Access Pipeline<\/strong>. After six years of litigation and a three-week trial,<strong>&nbsp;twelve North Dakota jurors unanimously found Greenpeace liable<\/strong>&nbsp;for conspiracy, defamation, defamation per se and tortious interference.&nbsp; The&nbsp;<strong>damages exceeded $666 million<\/strong>&nbsp;across the three Greenpeace defendants, with more than $130 million tagged to Greenpeace International alone. The jury heard the evidence and reached its verdict.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>That should have been the end of it. It was not.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Two weeks before the North Dakota trial began, after six years of fighting in American courts,&nbsp;<strong>Greenpeace International filed a new lawsuit in Amsterdam.<\/strong>&nbsp;The plan was straightforward: ask a Dutch court to declare the North Dakota case \u201cmanifestly unfounded and abusive\u201d&nbsp;<strong>under a new European Union anti-SLAPP<\/strong>&nbsp;(Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) directive, then use that foreign declaration<strong>&nbsp;to erase the verdict and seize Energy Transfer\u2019s assets<\/strong>&nbsp;wherever they could find them. It was&nbsp;<strong>a calculated end-run around our judiciary, dressed up in the polite language of European jurisprudence.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The North Dakota Supreme Court saw through it<\/strong>. Justice Jerod Tufte, writing for the majority this month, made the principle clear:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Substance matters, not labels. A claim that requires a foreign court to find an American jury wrong is a collateral attack on that jury, no matter what name the lawyers attach to it.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The court ordered the trial judge to issue a narrowly tailored injunction<br>blocking Greenpeace from pursuing the parts of its Dutch action<br>that depend on relitigating what North Dakotans already decided.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The opinion is worth quoting on&nbsp;<strong>the point that matters most,<\/strong>&nbsp; The court wrote,:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201c Comity expires when the strong public policies of the forum<\/em><br><em>are vitiated by the foreign act.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In plain English, foreign courts get respect when they earn it.&nbsp;<strong>A party that races to Amsterdam<\/strong>&nbsp;on the eve of an American trial to undermine the anticipated verdict&nbsp;<strong>cannot then demand that American courts politely defer to the foreign proceeding it manufactured.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>This is the right ruling. It is also a narrow one.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The injunction applies to one party in one state. Unfortunately, that means Greenpeace can still pursue the parts of its Dutch action that do not require erasing the North Dakota verdict.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Federal courts have not yet weighed in on whether American courts can block foreign collateral attacks on American judgments.<\/strong>&nbsp;And the federal circuits are split on how heavily international comity should weigh against such injunctions. Other state supreme courts have not taken up the question.&nbsp;<strong>The next activist group with a domestic loss and a foreign sympathetic forum will try the same play,<\/strong>&nbsp;just with better lawyers and a cleaner record.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"394\" data-attachment-id=\"445543\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=445543\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-157.png?fit=541%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"541,394\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-157.png?fit=541%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-157.png?resize=541%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-157.png?w=541&amp;ssl=1 541w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-157.png?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And they have plenty of reasons to keep trying. The&nbsp;<strong>European Union\u2019s 2024 anti-SLAPP directive<\/strong>&nbsp;was sold as a shield for journalists and dissidents in countries with weak speech protections. In practice, however, it is becoming a sword aimed at American energy companies that win in court. The directive\u2019s \u201cmanifestly unfounded\u201d standard&nbsp;<strong>invites foreign judges to second-guess the merits of American court verdicts.<\/strong>&nbsp;Article 17 invites damages claims for the offense of having sued. The architecture is custom-built for the exact tactic Greenpeace attempted.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The deeper problem is that the activist legal industry has discovered something useful.<\/strong>&nbsp;When the protests fail, when the defamation campaigns get punished, when the juries refuse to play along, there is&nbsp;<strong>always another forum, another court, another friendly jurisdiction<\/strong>&nbsp;willing to entertain the argument that American energy infrastructure is itself a kind of crime.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The point is not to win on the merits.&nbsp;<strong>The point is to make building anything in this country so legally treacherous that capital flees and projects die.<\/strong>&nbsp;This strategy will work in proportion to how seriously American courts take it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"265\" data-attachment-id=\"445546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=445546\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-158.png?fit=473%2C265&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"473,265\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-158.png?fit=473%2C265&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-158.png?resize=473%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-158.png?w=473&amp;ssl=1 473w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-158.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The North Dakota Supreme Court took it seriously. Other courts must follow.<\/strong>&nbsp;Congress should pay attention too. American companies operating under American law, sued in American courts and vindicated by American juries should not have to fight the same case all over again in Amsterdam, Brussels, or anywhere else.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>A federal statute clarifying the authority of American courts<\/strong>&nbsp;to block foreign collateral attacks on domestic judgments would put the matter beyond doubt. The Trump administration\u2019s commitment to energy dominance demands nothing less.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"318\" data-attachment-id=\"445549\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=445549\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-159.png?fit=1187%2C523&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1187,523\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-159.png?fit=723%2C318&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-159.png?resize=723%2C318&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-159.png?resize=1024%2C451&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-159.png?resize=300%2C132&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-159.png?resize=768%2C338&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-159.png?resize=640%2C282&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-159.png?w=1187&amp;ssl=1 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The stakes are not abstract.<\/strong>&nbsp;Every&nbsp;<strong>data center<\/strong>&nbsp;humming with artificial intelligence, every&nbsp;<strong>factory<\/strong>&nbsp;bringing jobs back from overseas, every&nbsp;<strong>home<\/strong>&nbsp;heated through a North Dakota winter&nbsp;<strong>depends on<\/strong>&nbsp;the ability of American companies to build, operate, and defend<strong>&nbsp;the infrastructure that delivers reliable energy.<\/strong>&nbsp;Strip away the certainty that an American verdict actually means something, and that infrastructure becomes a much riskier bet. Risk premiums rise. Capital gets scarcer. Projects do not get built.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Greenpeace lost in North Dakota. It lost again on May 7.<\/strong>&nbsp;This is all good. But the rest of the country needs to&nbsp;<strong>make sure those losses stick and continue<\/strong>, because the next case is already being drafted somewhere, and the activists who brought us a six-year siege of the Dakota Access Pipeline are not going to take this defeat as a final answer.&nbsp; Neither should we.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"340\" data-attachment-id=\"445552\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=445552\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-160.png?fit=593%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"593,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-160.png?fit=593%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-160.png?resize=593%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-160.png?w=593&amp;ssl=1 593w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-160.png?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Dakota Supreme Court just drew a bright line for the rule of law, U.S. sovereignty and the energy infrastructure that keeps our country running. On May 7, the court ruled four to one that Greenpeace International cannot use a Dutch court to nullify what a unanimous American jury already 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