”Freedom of speech is on the line,” says Waniya Locke, a member of Standing Rock Grassroots. “This directly impacts everybody, not just Standing Rock, not just Greenpeace.”

A closely watched civil trial that began in North Dakota last week could bankrupt Greenpeace and chill environmental activism as the climate crisis continues to deepen. The multimillion-dollar lawsuit by Energy Transfer,

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

Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Jury selection began Monday in Dakota Access Pipeline's $300 million lawsuit against Greenpeace USA. A federal lawsuit by the company was dismissed but there is a similar one filed in North Dakota state court in 2019. The trial will take place in Mandan, N.D., which is near Bismarck.

North Dakota Newspaper Association Attorney Jack McDonald also ... filed under a new European Union directive intended to protect organizations from freedom of speech attacks, attorneys for Greenpeace said in a press conference last week.

In a closely watched case, the owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline is claiming ... test of the future of the First Amendment, both freedom of speech and peaceful protest under the Trump ...