Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660m for defaming oil firm in protests

A North Dakota jury has found Greenpeace liable for defamation, ordering it to pay more than $650m (£507m) in damages to a Texas-based oil company for its role in one of the largest anti-fossil fuel protests in US history.

Energy Transfer also accused the environmental group of trespass, nuisance and civil conspiracy over the demonstrations nearly a decade ago against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

The lawsuit, filed in state court, argued that Greenpeace was behind an "unlawful and violent scheme to cause financial harm to Energy Transfer".