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Judge says Greenpeace must pay $345 million in pipeline lawsuit, cutting jury amount nearly in half

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A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and others liable for defamation and other claims brought by a pipeline company in connections with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago.

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  1. WHEC Rochester

    Judge says Greenpeace must pay $345 million in pipeline lawsuit, cutting jury amount nearly in half (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and others liable for defamation and other claims brought by a pipeline company in connections with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago.

  2. Seattle Times

    Judge cuts nearly in half the huge award Greenpeace must pay over pipeline protest (opens Seattle Times)

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    A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and others liable for defamation and...

  3. PBS NewsHour

    Judge orders Greenpeace to pay $345 million in pipeline lawsuit, cutting jury amount nearly in half (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The case stems from protests in 2016 and 2017 against the Dakota Access oil pipeline and its crossing of the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation.

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