A North Dakota jury awarded damages to Energy Transfer, the company that runs the Dakota Access Pipeline, after finding Greenpeace liable in a high-stakes defamation case.

How SLAPP lawsuits like the one by Energy Transfer against Greenpeace for protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline will impact climate action.

A nine-person jury in Mandan, North Dakota, awarded Energy Transfer about $300 million in damages from Greenpeace, after the company accused the group of defamation, trespassing, nuisance, civil conspiracy and other claims, according to the Associated Press.