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NJ’s climate change lawsuit against oil companies dismissed
State judge says federal courts should hear arguments that oil companies hid fossil fuel impacts
MICHAEL SOL WARREN / NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS – New Jersey’s legal claims that deceptive actions by major oil companies encouraged the unchecked burning of fossil fuels and worsening of climate change have been dismissed.
State Superior Court Judge Douglas Hurd in Mercer County ordered the state’s lawsuit dismissed Wednesday. Hurd wrote in his opinion that only federal law can govern the claims made by New Jersey, agreeing with arguments made by the oil companies’ lawyers …
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