In March, Greenpeace organizers and supporters found themselves waiting for a jury verdict in a North Dakota courthouse. Knowing the decision in this civil court case could force the organization to pay hundreds of millions in damages, many found themselves wondering how things had reached this point.

“We were still asking, why are we even in this courtroom?” said Madison Carter, a spokesperson for Greenpeace USA.

Pipeline builder Energy Transfer launched the lawsuit in 2019 against Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International, but its allegations — of defamation, false statements to banks, and aiding and abetting property damage — stemmed from the 2016 mass protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline at Standing Rock. Greenpeace flatly denies all the charges.

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