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Courageous Protest at Standing Rock
- Cody Hall witnessed a tense protest at Standing Rock where women courageously jumped a barbed wire fence to halt pipeline construction.
- Despite the danger, the crowd's determination to protect their land and water was palpable and powerful.
Pipeline Company Targets Greenpeace
- Energy Transfer sued Greenpeace despite the company behind Dakota Access Pipeline benefiting financially from it.
- The lawsuit claimed Greenpeace orchestrated the Standing Rock protests, overshadowing indigenous leadership.
Inside the Unfolding Legal Battle That Could Bankrupt Greenpeace
The podcast dives into the ongoing legal battle where Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, is suing Greenpeace and indigenous activists with a $666 million claim after the Standing Rock protests.
Cody Hall, a central indigenous activist in the movement, shares how he was targeted and portrayed as a leader of a conspiracy led by Greenpeace, despite his role as merely a spokesperson and the grassroots indigenous origins of the resistance.
The suit accuses Greenpeace of orchestrating the protests as a front for eco-terrorism, a claim contradicted by eyewitnesses and media reports.
The story also reveals the intense surveillance, infiltration by private security and possible manipulation by law enforcement, including attempts to frame activists with money offers.
This legal case not only aims to rewrite the narrative of Standing Rock but threatens the future of environmental activism.
As reporter Aline Brown follows the trial's progress, the episode exposes how the pipeline company's legal and security tactics serve as a powerful tool to suppress opposition.