”Freedom of speech is on the line,” says Waniya Locke, a member of Standing Rock Grassroots. “This directly impacts everybody, not just Standing Rock, not just Greenpeace.”

Greenpeace USA headed to court in North Dakota on Monday, as a trial expected to last about five weeks begins over protests at the construction site of Energy Transfer's (NYSE:ET) Dakota Access Pipeline that delayed the $3.

Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Jury selection began Monday in Dakota Access Pipeline's $300 million lawsuit against Greenpeace USA. A federal lawsuit by the company was dismissed but there is a similar one filed in North Dakota state court in 2019. The trial will take place in Mandan, N.D., which is near Bismarck.