This week marks the official kickoff of a long-brewing, high-stakes trial that could change the American environmental movement forever—and crush Americans’ First Amendment rights.

The environmental group, battling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, told the North Dakota Supreme Court it can’t get a fair trial.

The sleepy town of Mandan, North Dakota, with a population of just 25,000, might seem an unlikely backdrop for a titanic legal battle. Yet, within its unprepossessing courthouse, a zealous oil billionaire is taking on Greenpeace.

Dallas-based pipeline company Energy Transfer LP’s $300 million trial against Greenpeace USA is set to begin Monday in North Dakota. Energy Transfer is accusing the longtime nonprofit and other activists of defamation and damages over claims related to protests surrounding the construction of the nearly 1,

The good people of Morton County had to live through the often violent and unlawful Dakota Access Pipeline protests. They deserve the opportunity to deliver accountability to one of the organizers.