By Zoe N. Ferguson | Published October 20, 2022 | Posted in Climate Change, Industries | Tagged Tags: Climate litigation, Climate suit against oil companies, NJDEP sues big oil, Oil company responsible for climate change | Comments Off on New Jersey Sues Oil and Gas Companies for Lying About Climate Change
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New Jersey Sues Oil and Gas Companies for Lying About Climate Change
The State of New Jersey sued five oil and gas companies in New Jersey Superior Court on Tuesday for hiding the disastrous effects of climate change from New Jersey and the world, while profiting from fossil fuel products, for decades. New Jersey sued Exxon, Shell, BP, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips, along with the trade association American Read More
Read MoreHuge Climate Change Suit by Hoboken Will Stay in State Court, Not Federal Court
Perhaps 10 years ago or so we started hearing about climate change cases being filed all over the U.S. International law firms were involved in these cases. These lawyers lectured more lawyers on the ins and outs of these cases. They did everything to make this real, except win. Most of these cases were not Read More
Read MoreClimate Stewardship Act seeks to empower agriculture workers to transition to more sustainable practices
Just last week, NJ’s Senator Cory Booker along with Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) re-introduced the Climate Stewardship Act. Originally introduced in 2019 by Senator Booker and then-Representative, now-Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland, this legislation seeks to invest heavily in the agriculture sector and empower the workers within it to become part of the solution to Read More
Read MoreUnprecedented Climate Change Case Proceeds in Court
A federal magistrate judge in Eugene, Oregon recently allowed an unprecedented climate change case to proceed in court. Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein call it the “most important lawsuit on the planet right now.” In Kelsey Cascade Rose Juliana; et al. v. the United States of America; et al., Docket No.6:15-cv-1517-TC (D. Or. Apr. 8, Read More
Read MoreNew Jersey Appeals Court Finds Christie Administration Illegally Repealed RGGI-Related Climate Regulations
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently held that the state was not permitted to repeal administrative regulations without going through the formal rule making processes of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), even if the subject regulations are tied to a regional cooperative effort in which the state is no longer participating. In the case, captioned Read More
Read MoreN.J. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Dunes and Against Ocean Views
On July 8, 2013, at the intersection of environmental and eminent domain law, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in Borough of Harvey Cedars v. Karan, ____ N.J. ____ (2013). The backdrop of this case was a beach restoration and storm protection project on Long Beach Island funded by federal, state, and Read More
Read MoreNJDEP Updates Elevation Standards and Flood Maps
On March 26, 2013 the Administration of Governor Christie filed an adoption package that will set new statewide elevation standards, based on flood maps by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This package will keep an emergency rule from January 2013 in place. The update reflects the first change to New Jersey’s coastal county flood Read More
Read MoreUpdate: Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade in New Jersey
The “cap-and-trade” emissions reduction concept is still a relatively recent phenomenon; one that uses free markets to help further the goal of environmental protection. In short, cap-and-trade limits the amount of air emissions that a facility can discharge into the atmosphere. When a facility emits less than its capped amount, it retains “credits” that can Read More
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