DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DakotaAccessPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DakotaAccessPipeline</span></a> Owner Slaps <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectors</span></a> with New Subpoenas -- Third-party subpoenas allow <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransfer</span></a> to obtain evidence, from individuals or organizations, who are not part of the lawsuit</p><p>Energy Transfer attempts to drag <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> advocates into meritless lawsuit with third-party subpoenas</p><p>The operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline, Energy Transfer, is attempting to drag Indigenous and environmental justice advocates into this meritless lawsuit to stifle <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dissenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissenting</span></a> voices.</p><p>By Greenpeace USA, via Censored News, November 27, 2023</p><p>WASHINGTON – "In response to recent third-party subpoenas issued by Energy Transfer, which target Indigenous and environmental justice advocates, Ebony Twilley Martin, Executive Director of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/greenpeaceusa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenpeaceusa</span></a> said: “The operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline, Energy Transfer, is attempting to drag Indigenous and environmental justice advocates into this meritless lawsuit to stifle dissenting voices.</p><p>"'For over six years, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenpeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenpeace</span></a> USA has been fighting lawsuits brought by Energy Transfer over the Indigenous- led resistance movement at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRock</span></a>. This type of legal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a>, known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StrategicLawsuitsAgainstPublicParticipation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrategicLawsuitsAgainstPublicParticipation</span></a>, is part of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> playbook to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/silence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>silence</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/intimidate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intimidate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DissentingVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DissentingVoices</span></a> who lack the financial means to fight these lawsuits. </p><p>"Energy Transfer is now attempting to expand this playbook by targeting Indigenous and environmental justice activists through the use of third-party subpoenas. Now is the moment for us all to come together to send a message to Energy Transfer, and other corporations considering this tactic, that we will not be silenced and we will not tolerate legal bullying.'</p><p>"'These legal actions are an insult to the many Indigenous water protectors who continue to lead the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline and the continual threats and degradation of their historic lands. These attacks are a threat to our First Amendment rights to speak out, a threat to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a>, and a threat to the rights of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a>. We will not let this meritless lawsuit silence us and distract our movements from all our work to win a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>green</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/just" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>just</span></a>, and joyful future for all.' </p><p>"Contact: Gujari Singh, Greenpeace USA Senior Communications Specialist, gsingh@greenpeace.org, (631) 404-9977</p><p>"Greenpeace USA is part of a global network of independent campaigning organizations that use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtest</span></a> and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. Greenpeace USA is committed to transforming the country’s unjust social, environmental, and economic systems from the ground up to address the climate crisis, advance racial justice, and build an economy that puts people first. Learn more at www.greenpeace.org/usa "</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/11/dakota-access-pipeline-owner-slaps.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/11</span><span class="invisible">/dakota-access-pipeline-owner-slaps.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandWithStandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithStandingRock</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRock</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRockSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRockSioux</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a></p>