Hoeven Statement on Jury Decision in Lawsuit Over DAPL Protests

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after a North Dakota jury ruled in favor of Energy Transfer in the company’s lawsuit against Greenpeace over its role in the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
“The Dakota Access Pipeline was built with the latest, greatest technology and safety features, and the company went through all of the required regulatory and permitting steps. These facts are reaffirmed by today’s decision in court,” said Senator Hoeven. “This pipeline is important not only to North Dakota’s success as a global energy powerhouse, but our nation’s energy security. We will continue working to provide regulatory certainty for this and energy projects across the country, taking the handcuffs off our energy producers to make the U.S. truly energy dominant.”

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