Court declines to tear up New Jersey's settlement with Exxon Mobil

TRENTON, N.J. – A New Jersey appeals court this week turned down a request from environmental groups and a former state senator to undo a $225 million pollution settlement between the state and Exxon Mobil.
Appellate Division Judge Carmen Messano, writing on behalf of the three-judge panel, said that the trial judge had not made a mistake in judgment when he approved the deal in 2015. The ruling means that the environmental groups and former state Sen. Raymond Lesniak have – for now – failed in their effort to tear up a 2015 agreement between Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s administration and the Texas petroleum company.
The groups and Lesniak instead wanted the state to extract more money from Exxon Mobil, reflecting the $8.
Source: FuelFix