Greenpeace is fighting for its life in North Dakota, where a lawsuit threatens the environmental group's future with a judgment of hundreds of a millions of dollars in damages awarded to a pipeline company.

A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and others liable for defamation and other claims brought by a pipeline company in connections with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago.

A North Dakota jury has found Greenpeace liable for defamation and other claims in connection with protests against an oil pipeline's construction.