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Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2025

    Dakota Access Pipeline damages litigation

    Energy Transfer sued Greenpeace over protests connected with the Dakota Access Pipeline. News reports described a substantial jury verdict against Greenpeace, creating a significant dispute over protest liability, alleged damages and the organisation’s ability to continue its work.

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  2. 2021

    Greenpeace Germany takes legal action against Volkswagen over emissions targets

    Lawsuit filed

    In November 2021, Greenpeace Germany took legal action against Volkswagen, claiming that the carmaker was not doing its part to combat climate change. The environmental organization's demands included ending production of internal-combustion-engine cars by 2030 and reducing carbon emissions by 65% from 2018 levels. The action was reported as a controversy involving the two organizations, with Greenpeace Germany asserting that Volkswagen had not fulfilled its responsibility on climate issues.

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    • The German arm of environmental group, Greenpeace, has taken legal action against the carmaker. According to Automotive News Europe, the independent campaigning network claimed Volkswagen isn't doing its part to combat climate change.
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  3. 2019

    Court bars activists from entering Shell offshore platform safety zones

    Ruling

    A judge in Edinburgh ruled that protesters had no right to enter Shell's unmanned North Sea oil installations and barred them from coming within a 500-meter safety zone. Greenpeace opposed Shell's decommissioning plan and alleged that oily sediments could eventually leak into the sea.

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    • Royal Dutch Shell won a court ruling preventing environmental protesters from boarding unmanned oil installations in the North Sea.
    • A judge in Edinburgh, Scotland, said that the protesters had no right to enter the installations, and are now banned from going within a 500-meter (1,640-feet) safety zone around the platforms.
    • But Greenpeace opposed the company’s plan saying the platform “legs” contain oily sediments that would eventually leak into the sea.
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