BBC: The Risks of Political Activism in the US: Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660m for defaming oil firm in protests

The BBC writes: “A North Dakota jury has found Greenpeace liable for defamation, ordering it to pay more than $660m (£507m) in damages to an oil company for the environmental group’s role in one of the largest anti-fossil fuel protests in US history.”
The amount awarded by the US jury is enormous. Greenpeace already stated that it will go bankrupt. While the US consequences of political activism can shut down any operation, in Europe activists are protected and sometimes even paid by the governments – like the Stop Oil groups whose protests, blockages and disturbencens have created huge damages and led even to the death of an unrelated person.