A coalition of media organizations, including the North Dakota Monitor, petitioned the state Supreme Court Thursday seeking expanded access to the trial involving the Dakota Access Pipeline developer and Greenpeace.

A behemoth defamation lawsuit brought by the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline against Greenpeace began its trial in a Mandan courtroom on Monday. Energy Transfer, a Texas-based oil and gas company, accuses Greenpeace of using underhanded means to back demonstrations against the pipeline in 2016 and 2017.

The environmental group is being sued for $300 million in North Dakota by a pipeline company in a case that has become a flash point in the debate over free speech.

Greenpeace attorneys and staff pose for a group photo outside the Morton County courthouse Feb. 26, 2025, after the first day of trial in a case brought by Energy Transfer. The judge in the case has denied media requests to photograph the trial.

In a North Dakota district court, Texas pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners is accusing the international environmental organization Greenpeace of single-handedly organizing a disruptive and ...

Energy Transfer, the company that operates the Dakota Access Pipeline, is seeking a $300 million judgment against Greenpeace in a case that has stretched nearly six years.

N.D. near their camp in southern North Dakota. Credit: AP/James MacPherson Greenpeace is committed to nonviolence, and only got involved at Standing Rock because of tribal outreach, the attorneys ...