Climate change campaign took a huge hit on Wednesday after a trial judge permanently shut down a Democratic lawsuit Climate-induced damage In the state.
In 2022, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin filed a lawsuit against the country’s largest oil companies, ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66, Shell, as well as t he American Petroleum Institute, claiming that the fossil fuel industry was worsening the effects of climate change, and therefore, Causes national damage.
But New Jersey Superior Court Judge Douglas Hurd dropped the case Wednesday, who ruled that legal oil companies were not liable for global emissions liability. The case was dismissed due to prejudice, which means it is impossible to reopen.
“The plaintiffs tried to regulate the market and distribution of legal products nationwide and even globally, and billions of people outside New Jersey rely on, heat their homes, power their hospitals and schools, produce and transport food, and manufacture countless Items are essential to achieve security, well-being and progress in modern society.”
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Chevron logo is displayed at Chevron gas station in Los Angeles, California. (Mariotama)
Hurd said the plaintiffs could not justly demand the damage caused by national emissions.
“Their claims cannot be governed by state laws as a result of damages caused by interstate and international emissions and global warming. Under our federal constitutional system, states cannot use their laws to resolve the search for allegedly Heard said in the decision to claim damage caused by outsiders.
Matthew Platkin, New Jersey, sued Big Oil, claiming they are causing climate change. (Getty Image)
Energy experts Tell Fox News Digital that the firing conveyed a clear message: “Energy policy should be formulated by elected officials, not by activist lawyers.”
“This ruling is a major victory for common sense and the rule of law. Climate activists have been using the courts to push their radical agendas, but judges increasingly reject these baseless lawsuits that threaten energy security and economic stability,” Jason Ay Jason Isaac’s American Energy Academy and former Texas representatives said in a statement with Fox News’ digital numbers.
I saw an Exxon gas station in Austin, Texas on August 5, 2024. (Brendan Bell/Getty Image)
Steve Milloy, a senior fellow at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Law, a former member of the Trump EPA transition panel, said similar lawsuits could face the same fate because “climate disputes are political, and Not a legal lawsuit.”
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“While Democrats don’t really understand this, the political issue is on the ballot box, not in the court,” Miloy said.
Fox News Digital contacted Platkin’s office for comment.
