We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, formally express our solidarity with Greenpeace against Energy Transfer’s meritless $300 million lawsuit.
Peaceful protest and free speech are fundamental human rights that underpin social progress. The Energy Transfer $300 million lawsuit against Greenpeace is an abuse of the legal system and a blatant attempt to silence legitimate work to protect people and our planet.
This lawsuit makes allegations that affect people far beyond Greenpeace. It attempts to rewrite the history of the Indigenous-led opposition movement at Standing Rock – by absurdly alleging that Greenpeace orchestrated the entire resistance. It seeks to hold the Greenpeace organizations in the US and Greenpeace International accountable for actions taken by unaffiliated and unknown individuals. This could have a chilling effect on anyone engaged in peaceful protest and assembly. It also attempts to sue over justified and protected speech, claiming it is “defamation.” This is corporate overreach that is part of a disturbing trend of attacks on advocacy and speech around the world.
We will not allow lawsuits like this one to stop us from advocating for a just, green and peaceful future. On the contrary, we will ensure they have the opposite effect, increasing the support for organizations like Greenpeace and strengthening the broader movement for justice.
This legal attack on Greenpeace is an attack on us all. We will not stand idly by. We will not be bullied. We will not be divided and we will not be silenced.
This letter has been signed by more than 290 organizations, tens of thousands of individuals, and a growing list of public figures. If enough of us speak out, we can stop Energy Transfer’s abusive lawsuit, protect Greenpeace, and defend free speech. Add your name now!
- Amber Valletta
- Susan Sarandon
- Piper Perabo
- Bonnie Wright
- Brie Garcia
- Jane Fonda
- Shailene Woodley
- Adam McKay
- James Cromwell
- Billie Eilish
- FINNEAS
- 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations
- 198 methods
- 350 Bay Area Action
- 350 Silicon Valley
- 350.org
- 7th Generation Advisors
- A Citizens Petition
- A Community Voice ACORN
- ACLU of North Dakota
- AFT (American Federation of Teachers)
- Alaska Community Action on Toxics
- Alliance for Justice
- Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
- Amazon Watch
- American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO
- Amnesty International USA
- Anishinaabek Caucus
- Anthropocene Alliance
- Arnika
- As You Sow
- Aspiration
- Association For Promotion Sustainable Development
- Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria)
- AutoMat
- AZ AANHPI For Equity
- BALKANI Wildlife Society
- Ballona Institute
- Ballot New Mexico
- BankTrack
- Beyond Nuclear
- Beyond Toxics
- Biodiversity Conservation Center
- Biodiversity First!
- Black Voters Matter Fund
- Blue Dalian
- Blue Future
- Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
- BlueLink Foundation
- Blueprint for Free Speech
- Bold Alliance
- Breach Collective
- Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism
- Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation
- California Communities Against Toxics
- California Safe Schools
- Californians for Pesticide Reform
- Calla – Sdružení pro záchranu prostředí, z.s. (Association for the Environment Protection Czech)
- Center for a Sustainable Coast
- Center for Biological Diversity
- Center for Coalfield Justice
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Center for Grassroots Organizing
- Center for International Environmental Law
- Center for Protest Law and Litigation, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
- Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability
- Central California Environmental Justice Network
- Central Coast Environmental Voters
- Changing Markets Foundation
- Chesapeake Climate Action Network
- Cheyenne River Grassroots Collective
- Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping
- Citizens’ Committee for Flood Relief
- Citizens’ Resstance at Fermi 2 (CRAFT)
- Civil Liberties Defense Center
- Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls (NY)
- Clean Air Council
- Clean Energy Action
- Clean Power Lake County
- Clean Water Action
- Clean Water Expected in East Tennessee
- Climate Conversation Brazoria County
- Climate First: Replacing Oil & Gas (CFROG)
- Climate Hawks Vote
- Climateka
- Coal River Mountain Watch
- Coming Clean
- Community Movement Builders
- Conexiones Climáticasº (Climate Connections)
- Connecticut Citizen Action Group
- Cornell University ILR Buffalo Co-Lab
- Corporate Accountability Lab
- Courage California
- ČSOP Veronica (Veronica Ecological Institute)
- Czech Climate Coalition
- Czech Women´s Lobby
- Defend Ballona Wetlands
- Defend Our Future
- Defending Rights & Dissent
- Děti Země (Children of the Earth)
- Direct Action Everywhere
- Don’t Waste Arizona
- Don’t Waste Michigan
- Downwinders at Risk
- Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power and Light
- EarthRights International
- Earthworks
- Ecological Options Network
- Ecology Center
- EFMR Monitoring Group at Three Mile Island
- Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
- Endangered Species Coalition
- Environment and Social Development Organization
- Environmental Defence Canada
- Environmental Health Project
- Environmental Justice Foundation
- Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform
- European Federation of Journalists
- Extinction Rebellion Czech Republic
- Farther Together LLC
- Feedback Global
- Fight for the Future
- Food & Water Watch
- Food Culture Collective
- Food for Maine’s Future
- For a Better Bayou
- Forum Ökologie & Papier
- Fossil Free California
- Foundation Atelier for Community Transformation – ACT
- Foundation Earth
- FracTracker Alliance
- Frente Cívica “Civic Front”
- FreshWater Accountability Project
- Friends of the Earth – US
- Friends of the Earth Malta
- Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network
- Furthur Foundation
- GAIA – Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
- Gallifrey Foundation
- Giniw Collective
- Global Citizen
- Global Justice Ecology Project
- Global Labor Justice
- Global Legal Action Network
- Good Jobs First
- Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Green America
- Green Laws
- Green Longjiang
- Green Sphere Inc.
- Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
- GreenFaith
- Habitat Recovery Project
- Hanai Kaiaulu
- Hawaii Institute for Human Rights
- Hill Heat
- Hip Hop Caucus
- Hnutí DUHA – Friends of the Earth Czech Republic
- Honor the Earth
- How To Citizen
- Indigenous Environmental Network
- Indigenous Peoples Power Project
- Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- Institute for Policy Studies Climate Policy Program
- International Corporate Accountability Roundtable
- International Rivers
- Irving Impact
- John Muir Project
- Just Associates Inc
- Justice, Unity, & Social Transformation
- Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice
- LA Waterkeeper
- Labor Network for Sustainability
- Lakota People’s Law Project
- Leave it in the Ground Initiative (LINGO)
- Limity jsme my “We Are The Limits”
- Lipensko pro zivot, z.s. (Lipenskia for Life)
- LobbyControl
- Long Island Progressive Coalition
- Los Jardines Institute
- Marin City Climate Resilience
- Methane Action
- Micah Six Eight Mission
- Mossville Environmental Action Now MEAN
- Mountain Watershed Association
- Movement for Black Lives
- MoveOn Civic Action
- Nadace na ochranu zvířat “Animal Protection Foundation”
- National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC)
- National Nuclear Workers for Justice
- National Volunteer Assotiation
- Native Community Action Council
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- NaZemi
- NESEHNUTÍ “Failure to Reach”
- New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution
- New York Communities for Change (NYCC)
- Next Generation Action Network
- Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment
- North American Marine Alliance (NAMA)
- Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN)
- Nuclear Energy Information Service
- Nuclear Hotseat Podcast/Broadcast
- Nuclear Watch South
- Ohio Nuclear Free Network
- Ohio Valley Allies
- Oil and Gas Action Network
- Oil Change International
- Oilfield Witness
- Our Revolution
- Palestine Legal
- People in Need
- People Power United
- Pesticide Action Network North America
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Physicians for Social Responsibility – Kansas City
- Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles
- Physicians for Social Responsibility Iowa
- Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania
- Pivot Point
- Planet Over Profit
- Plastic Pollution Coalition
- Plastic Solutions Fund
- Portsmouth/Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety and Security
- Poslední generace z.s. (The Last Generation)
- Pro Publico
- Progressive Workers Union
- Property Rights and Pipeline Center
- Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights
- Public Citizen
- Rainforest Action Network
- Re-set: platform for socio-ecological transformation
- Recycle Hawaii
- Rettet den Regenwald
- RISE for Environmental Justice
- Rock Forest Farm
- Rockaway Women for Progress
- Sacred Defense Fund
- Sacred Earth Solar
- Sacred Places Institute For Indigenous Peoples
- Safe Energy Rights Group (SEnRG)
- Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth)
- San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility
- SanDiego350
- Savannah River Site Watch
- Save Ohio Parks
- Save Our Illinois Land (SOIL)
- Save This Place for Me
- Science and Environmental Health Network
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Shared Spaces Foundation
- Silver Valley Community Resource Center
- Slušná Firma (Decent Company)
- Snake River Alliance
- SNJ-CGT (National Union of Journalists-CGT)
- Society for All
- Solartopia.org
- Solidaire Action
- South Bronx Unite
- Southern Sector Rising
- Speak for Wolves
- Stand.earth
- Standing Rock Grassroots
- Starr Bar
- Students for a Free Tibet
- STUŽ – Society for Sustainable Living
- Texas Campaign for the Environment
- Texas Organizing Project
- The Bulgarian Environmental Partnership Foundation
- The Čelákovicky Beautification Association
- The Chaloupky Ecological Education Centre
- The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
- The Descendants Project
- The Natural History Museum
- The Oakland Institute
- The People United
- The Story of Stuff Project
- Trade Union of Croatian journalists
- Transnational Institute
- Tri-Valley (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) CAREs
- Turtle Island Restoration Network
- U.S. Right to Know
- UltraViolet
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- United Domestic Workers/AFSCME
- United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE)
- United Fort Worth
- Until Justice Data Partners
- Uplift UK
- Upstream
- US Climate Action Network
- Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
- Verité
- Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance
- Walking Through The City (Pěšky městem)
- Water Justice and Gender
- West Texas Defense Fund
- Western New York Environmental Alliance
- Wiconi Un Tipi
- Wild Heritage
- Women’s Voices for the Earth
- Working Families Party
- World Friends for Africa Burkina Faso
- Zachran Jidlo (Save the Food)