Our agenda isn't "extremist" — it's just really inconvenient for Big Oil bullies.
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| | | By now, you know that Energy Transfer (ET), the oil company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, is suing Greenpeace USA for $300 million under the false and racist claim we masterminded the 2016-17 Indigenous-led Standing Rock resistance. | But we have to ask, Kathleen: do you fully understand what's at stake if the court sides with Big Oil in February? | If you do, you can contribute toward our $50,000 October goal here — but if not, here's what you need to know: | 1. The lawsuit claims our unapologetic solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux, and our public criticism of the pipeline, makes us the leaders of a sprawling conspiracy to bring ET to its knees — and for that alone, we must pay. 2. ET would have you think that calling out the impacts of their greedy business model amounts to advancing an "extremist agenda," when it's simply what science demands and what our planet deserves. 3. We did NOT organize or direct the Standing Rock protest. But if you take ET's word for it, our vocal, unapologetic support for the peaceful protesters who were involved is enough to point the blame at us for everything that happened, under a toxic new standard of "collective liability." | So if the Court awards Energy Transfer the $300 MILLION judgment they're after, it won't just be Greenpeace USA that suffers the effects — it'll establish a basis that entitles Big Oil bullies to legally silence anybody who speaks out for the planet or the people they harm. | But while our vision is bold and our actions are daring, our agenda is not extremist, Kathleen: so we can't take the easy way out. Too much — from the future of our right to protest to the green, liveable future of our planet — is at stake to back down. | But the entire point of lawsuits like this is to draw out expenses so much that defendants literally can't afford to fight back. So before our October 31 deadline, we need your help to reach our $50,000 goal and sustain the fight for our future and our First Amendment rights. | Will you please rush $10, $20, or your best gift now to help us stay afloat? | If you've saved your payment information with FastAction, your donation will go through immediately: | Greenpeace USA | | | | | | |
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