Take Back the Truth is an Energy Transfer website dedicated to setting the record straight, not only on oil and gas – the lifeblood of our modern society – but our projects and our company. Oil and gas have enabled the benefits we enjoy in our everyday lives. Opponents of oil and gas have increasingly targeted energy projects through misinformation, protests, and lawfare, hurting a strategic U.S. industry that employs more than 11 million Americans, and negatively impacting our country’s economic stability.
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Unveiling the Truth

Fact: The Dakota Access Pipeline does not encroach on any tribal lands.
Contrary to previous claims by Greenpeace, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) does not cross any Native American lands, nor does the pipeline traverse any Standing Rock Sioux Tribe property at…

Fact: Greenpeace targeted Energy Transfer’s business constituents with misinformation.
Along with the misinformation that Greenpeace systemically distributed to the media, general public and their followers, Greenpeace also engaged in a targeted campaign with Energy Transfer’s business constituents, seeking to…

Fact: Energy Transfer’s lawsuit is not about free speech.
Greenpeace repeatedly claims, through social media, emails and traditional media campaigns, that Energy Transfer’s lawsuit is an attack on free speech and intended to silence the organization. On July 23,…

Fact: Energy Transfer did not disturb culturally important sites.
Greenpeace falsely claimed that Energy Transfer disturbed sacred and culturally important sites, which is false. The Dakota Access Pipeline’s route was carefully planned to avoid historically and culturally significant sites,…

Fact: Neither Energy Transfer nor Dakota Access used extreme violence against protestors.
Greenpeace repeatedly published false statements that Energy Transfer and Dakota Access used “extreme violence” against “peaceful protestors.” The state of North Dakota publicly concluded that law enforcement on site used…

Fact: Greenpeace organized, funded and supported illegal acts of trespass, property damage and violence.
In response to the misinformation campaign that Greenpeace distributed and amplified, thousands of protestors traveled to North Dakota. Greenpeace USA taught and trained protestors methods to attach themselves to construction…