Energy Transfer sues Greenpeace, Dakota Access protesters
http://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Energy-Transfer-sues-Greenpeace-Dakota-Access-11950568.php August 22, 2017
Dallas Pipeline giant Energy Transfer Partners is suing Greenpeace International and other protesters of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline in a new effort to go on the offensive against environmentalists.
Energy Transfer claims groups like Greenpeace, Earth First! and individual protesters resorted to "mob thuggery" and intentionally misleading information to halt the construction and damage Energy Transfer's "critical business and financial relationships." The federal lawsuit cites the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or
RICO, Act to claim the groups funded an "outlaw camp ... of eco-terrorists" in North Dakota.
The lawsuit targets "rogue environmental groups and militant individuals who employ a pattern of criminal activity and a campaign of misinformation for purposes of increasing donations and advancing their political or business agendas."...
