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Greenpeace is asking a Dutch court to upend [international] legal order in its case against Energy Transfer, explains Donald Kochan. "The loser can pursue appeals, but they cannot start over in a different trial court altogether, hoping for a better result.” washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4544523…

BREAKING NEWS: The North Dakota Supreme Court has instructed a district court judge to stop Greenpeace's overseas free speech lawsuit against Energy Transfer. Trey Cox, the lead attorney representing Energy Transfer in its lawsuit against Greenpeace, applauded the ruling. In a Thursday statement, he said the high court’s decision “protects the authority of the North Dakota judicial system and the jury’s unanimous verdict from an improper end-run abroad.” northdakotamonitor.com/2026/05/07/nor…

Recent headlines out of the Middle East are a powerful reminder that global stability and energy stability go hand in hand. As Joshua Backaby highlights in this op-ed, America’s energy security depends on strong, reliable pipeline infrastructure right here at home. washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/…

Litigation is emerging as a growing risk for U.S. energy infrastructure. Dozens of climate lawsuits are targeting oil and gas companies, raising questions about project certainty and long-term investment. At a time of rising demand and global instability, delays to pipelines and related infrastructure could have broader impacts on energy supply and costs. Article: washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/…

"In its European lawsuit, Greenpeace does not offer any new evidence to dispute the findings of the North Dakota jury, which spent weeks hearing expert testimony and studying the evidence. Instead, it’s seeking a judiciary that is likely to have a more favourable view toward its brand of environmental extremism.” - Michael McKenna, columnist for The Washington Times. brusselsreport.eu/2026/04/09/gre…

Nathaniel Buynak of Sherwood, N.D. writes: "To protect American courts and juries, North Dakota courts must act to shut down Greenpeace’s ridiculous EU lawsuit." inforum.com/opinion/letter…

A jury in North Dakota reviewed the facts and made a call. Now Greenpeace is trying to redo the case overseas because they didn’t like the outcome. If foreign courts can override U.S. verdicts, what does that say about our legal system? natlawreview.com/article/greenp…

Donald Kochan, Law Professor at George Mason University, argues that Greenpeace’s actions demonstrate a blatant disregard for both the American court and multiple longstanding and fundamental legal principles regarding finality and comity: “It is understandable why Greenpeace may not like the outcome of the North Dakota lawsuit, but our system has a very robust appeals process in which parties may press their claims of error. European courts, or any other state or foreign court for that matter, are not supposed to be available for second bites at the apple or to sit as courts of error second guessing the decisions of their peer courts.” law.com/nationallawjou…

"Energy demand is skyrocketing. America needs energy projects to come online, to prevent blackouts and cost jumps. Instead of supporting that, we are giving extremists a ticket to break the law and avoid the consequences. This is not an issue of free speech. This is an issue of holding lawbreakers accountable and ensuring America can protect its energy systems." - Wayne Christian, Commissioner, Railroad Commission of Texas worldoil.com/news/2026/3/19…

"This is not just another legal dispute... Greenpeace lost in court and should pay the damages awarded, not run to a foreign court while putting the rest of us at risk." - Tom Pyle, President of the American Energy Alliance. dailycaller.com/2026/03/19/opi…

"Greenpeace’s pursuit of parallel litigation represents an affront to judicial sovereignty." @Townhallcom townhall.com/columnists/geo…

NGOs are pursuing legal avenues in Europe after losing in U.S. courts, seeking to use foreign judicial systems to punish American energy companies.

Should foreign courts be able to sidestep American juries? That’s the question raised in a The Wall Street Journal piece on Greenpeace’s attempt to use a Dutch court to nullify the Dakota Access Pipeline verdict against it. Article: wsj.com/opinion/greenp…

"The correct outcome here should be that Greenpeace USA is insolvent and has to shut down its operations permanently." - John Sexton, Hot Air. hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/…

Read @4AmericanEnergy's report exposing Greenpeace's efforts to undermine American energy and security. scribd.com/document/97418…

Founder @ISAACforEnergy of the @4AmericanEnergy wrote a notable substack on the report the Institute released exposing Greenpeace's anti-energy efforts. Read the full substack here: jasonisaac.substack.com/p/the-lefts-an…

Tim Pearce's piece at the DailyWire, "‘Highly Coordinated Activist Network’ Is Undermining Trump’s Plan For Energy Dominance, Report Warns" is a must read piece. Read the full piece here: dailywire.com/news/highly-co…

Letter from ND Senator Dale Patten: "Applying EU directives to sovereign U.S. cases to overturn valid jury decisions sets a dangerous precedent, potentially allowing EU courts to dictate American law. This is particularly concerning given that Europe’s aggressive shift away from reliable fossil fuels has already caused sky-high electricity prices and reduced industrial competitiveness." Read the full piece here: inforum.com/opinion/letter…

Important piece by Aurelia Giacometto and @ISAACforEnergy titled, "Lawfare Against Energy: Courts Must Uphold Law, Not Politics" "The North Dakota case was never about Greenpeace’s right to speak or protest under the US Constitution. It was about a pattern of illegal behavior designed to bankrupt an American energy company and the livelihoods of the workers who depended on it." Full piece here: nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-wo…

"If Greenpeace succeeds, expect other activist organizations to incorporate in Europe so they can wiggle out of liability by invoking the EU’s loosely drawn “abusive court proceeding” standard against U.S. companies." - Opinion piece by Michael Toth Read the full piece here: wsj.com/opinion/greenp…