Posted on 08/22/2017 3:57:13 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Chicago (AFP) – The operator of a controversial US oil pipeline, which was the focus of months of protests by Native American tribes, on Tuesday sued several environmental groups, claiming they spread false information and incite violence.
Energy Transfer Partners launched broad accusations against Greenpeace and other environmental groups, alleging racketeering, defamation and inciting violence that amounted to “eco-terrorism” among other charges, for actions taken against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Greenpeace rejected the claims, saying they amounted to “harassment by corporate bullies.”
The $3.8-billion, 1,172-mile (1,886-kilometer) oil pipeline was the focus of months-long protests in 2016 by dozens of North American tribes and environmental groups.
Their numbers at times swelling into the thousands, protestors camped on land in North Dakota near the pipeline’s planned path under a river and man-made lake — the source of drinking water for the nearby Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
advertisement Among other accusations, the lawsuit claims environmental groups made false charges, including that the pipeline operator did not properly consult tribes near the route.
The environmental groups “manufacture sensational and grossly misrepresented causes designed exclusively to perpetuate and enrich” themselves through donations, the lawsuit alleged.
Greenpeace responded with its own broadside against the legal firm representing the pipeline operator, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP. The firm’s managing partner is US President Donald Trump’s longtime attorney.
“This is the second consecutive year Donald Trump’s go-to attorneys at the Kasowitz law firm have filed a meritless lawsuit against Greenpeace,” the non-profit’s attorney Tom Wetterer said in a statement, adding that the lawsuit “repackages spurious allegations.”
“They are apparently trying to market themselves as corporate mercenaries willing to abuse the legal system to silence legitimate advocacy work.”
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Good
Ditto.
Good. Get some.
Hurrah!
RICO!
“They are apparently trying to market themselves as corporate mercenaries willing to abuse the legal system to silence legitimate advocacy work.”
This is rich. Last count l saw a few months ago there were 75 or so lawsuits filed against Trump to strangle his agenda with litigation.
Good. I know Kelsey Warren before he got rich and famous. I was an intern at an oil and gas company when he was a young engineer.
I hope he wins the lawsuit.
Suck up some Soros money there... good
Yes! I hope they get lots of support from other energy companies! These people need to be forced to have their own skin in the game if they’re gonna lie.
Not a fan of Warren’s. His business practices are too sharp for my tastes.
I’ll enjoy chomping popcorn and watching the show, however.
Thank Goodness!
Best. Election. Ever. EVER!
Didn’t a logging company in Canada take Greenpeace to the woodshed a couple of years ago?
Good, I hope the environmental groups end up in bankruptcy court
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