Greenpeace files an anti-intimidation case against an American fossil fuel pipeline company

Greenpeace has filed an anti-intimidation court case against a U.S. energy company suing the environmental organization for hundreds of millions. Tuesday's action is the first time a new European Union directive to counter manifestly unfounded cases aimed at harassing civil society will be tested. The EU brought in safeguards to curb so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation last year. Fossil fuel pipeline company Energy Transfer is suing Greenpeace for $300 million in North Dakota for organizing 2016 protests near the Standing Rock Reservation. Amsterdam-based Greenpeace now wants a Dutch court to force fossil fuel pipeline company Energy Transfer to pay compensation for ongoing proceedings over the Dakota Access Pipeline.