Greenpeace is fighting for its life in North Dakota's court system, where a judge has decided to order the environmental group to pay an expected $345 million (€292m) to an energy company whose Dakota Access oil pipeline construction drew protests nearly a decade ago.
A jury last year found three Greenpeace entities liable for numerous claims and awarded more than $660 million (€559m) to Energy Transfer in damages, which Judge James Gion cut nearly in half. Once the order he promised on 24 February is formally entered, both sides are expected to appeal to the North Dakota Supreme Court.
