Greenpeace USA headed to court in North Dakota on Monday, as a trial expected to last about five weeks begins over protests at the construction site of Energy Transfer's (NYSE:ET) Dakota Access Pipeline that delayed the $3.

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrate in Bismarck in August 2016. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A behemoth defamation lawsuit brought by the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline against Greenpeace began its trial in a Mandan courtroom on Monday.

Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Jury selection began Monday in Dakota Access Pipeline's $300 million lawsuit against Greenpeace USA. A federal lawsuit by the company was dismissed but there is a similar one filed in North Dakota state court in 2019. The trial will take place in Mandan, N.D., which is near Bismarck.