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| Dakota Access Pipeline bulldozes Lakota burial places while its security unleashes attack dogs on water protectors on Sept. 3, 2016 at Standing Rock. |
The case of Energy Transfer v Greenpeace is now before the jury. It has been eight years since the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing Rock camps, and now the pipeline owner is claiming that Greenpeace led the movement to protect the water. Most water protectors said they didn't even know Greenpeace was there in 2016 and 2017. Energy Transfer is seeking up to $800 million in costs and damages, which is seen as a way to shut down Greenpeace.
With more than 8,000 documents sealed, the pipeline sought to limit any mention of widespread police violence, critical injuries to water protectors, TigerSwan's spy files, and the pipeline's history of spills, including a debated spill at Standing Rock.
In the final testimony, Energy Transfer Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren testified in a video deposition that he offered the Standing Rock Tribe money, a luxury resort, and to build a school, if the tribe would halt the protests and allow the Dakota Access Pipeline to be built. Dave Archambault, tribal chairman in 2016, said he remembers it differently.
North Dakota Monitor reporter Mary Steurer reports from the courtroom.
Energy Transfer board chair says he sought settlement with Standing Rock in 2016
Former Standing Rock chair says he only met with company to discuss safetyBy: Mary Steurer - March 17, 2025 6:56 pm
Energy Transfer Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren claimed in court testimony he traveled to North Dakota in December 2016 to discuss a settlement with then-tribal chair David Archambault II to end protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
“I said, ‘David, I’m here to make a deal with you,’” Warren said in a video deposition shown to jurors last week during a trial involving Energy Transfer and Greenpeace. “‘What do you want? Money? Land?’”
