The movement of climate change received a massive blow on Wednesday after a judge of the trial had permanently concluded a lawsuit Climate caused damage In the state.
In 2022, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin has filed a lawsuit against the largest oil companies in the country, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Conocophillips, Phillips 66, Shell, as well as the American Petroleum Institute, claiming the fossil fossil and therefore, and therefore, and, and, and, and, and, And therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore, and therefore The effects of climate change was damage to the state.
However, the case was thrown away on Wednesday by the judge Douglas Hurd van New Jersey, who ruled that legal oil companies could not be held liable for global emissions. The case was rejected with prejudice, which means that it cannot be reopened.
“Plaintiffs try to regulate the national – and even worldwide – marketing and distribution of legal products in which billions of people outside New Jersey trust to heat their homes, provide their hospitals and schools with electricity, to produce their food and transport their food and and transport them and Countless items to produce essential to the safety, well -being and the progress of modern society, “said Hurd, who spent the statement.
The Chevron logo is displayed in a Chevron tank station in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama)
Hurd said that the claimants could not rightly claim damage caused by national emissions.
“Because claimants require compensation due to alleged damage caused by interstate and international emissions and global warming, their claims cannot be controlled by the Studies Act. According to our federal constitutional system, states cannot use their laws to resolve claims looking for To injuries that are reportedly caused by out or state and worldwide emissions, “Hurd said in the decision.
NJ AG Matthew Platkin has charged large oil in claims that they caused climate change. (Getty Images)
Energy experts Fox News Digital told that the dismissal sends a clear message that “energy policy must be established by chosen officials, not existing by activist lawyers.”
“This statement is a big victory for common sense and the rule of law. Climate activists have used the courts to push their radical agenda, but judges increasingly reject these unfounded lawsuits that threaten energy and economic stability,” Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Energy Institute and former Texas representative, said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
An Exxon tank station can be seen on August 5, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty images)
Steve Milloy, senior fellow at the Energy & Environment Legal Institute and former Trump EPA Transition Team -member, said that similar lawsuits could experience the same fate because “the climate contamination is a political, not legal”.
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“Although Democrats don’t really understand this, political issues are not the courtroom,” said Milloy.
Fox News Digital reached for the Platkin office for comment.
