Joseph Winters

2 months ago | rsn.org | Sachi Mulkey |Joseph Winters

Experts called the verdict “beyond punitive.” The organization plans to appeal and has already filed a countersuit in Europe. A jury in North Dakota ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. Energy Transfer sued Greenpeace in 2019, alleging that it had orchestrated a vast conspiracy against the company by organizing historic protests on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in .

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Sachi Mulkey |Joseph Winters

A jury in North Dakota ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. Energy Transfer sued Greenpeace in 2019, alleging that it had orchestrated a vast conspiracy against the company by organizing historic protests on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in .

2 months ago | grist.org | Joseph Winters

Three years ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed off on the country’s strongest plastic reduction policy. The legislation, known as SB 54, gave the state recycling agency until 2025 to write rules to dramatically slash sales of single-use plastic.

2 months ago | calonews.com | Joseph Winters

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it would not hear a case seeking to stop climate lawsuits in five Democratic-led states that are seeking financial damages from oil and gas companies for having obscured the connection between their products and global warming.

2 months ago | cadillacnews.com | Joseph Winters

Seattle, WA (Grist)The justices shrugged off a complaint described by legal experts as a "political stunt."The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it would not hear a case seeking to stop climate lawsuits in five Democratic-led states, which are seeking financial damages from oil and gas companies for having obscured the connection between their products and global warming.