Judge Approves Contentious NJ Exxon Settlement
A New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled the state’s $225 million settlement of a pollution lawsuit with Exxon Mobil was fair, despite initial attempts by state officials to garner billions in damages.
Debbie Mans, executive director of NY/NJ Baykeeper, and Jamie Kitman, lawyer, investigative journalist and New York Bureau Chief of Automobile Magazine, discuss the decision.
→Catch up on this story: listen here to our conversation in March, when the Christie administration first settled with Exxon Mobil. Damages were estimated at $8.9 billion - Christie settled for $225 million.
One by land(line), one by studio. @jamiekitman + @NYNJBaykeeper's Debbie Mans discuss NJ settlement with @ExxonMobil. pic.twitter.com/zNUzlLPm4U
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 27, 2015
@BrianLehrer @GovChristie @exxonmobil $506M given to Gowanus cleanup, 1/2 that for sites throughout NJ?! As a new Linden res. it's upsetting
— Yehuda Schupper (@YehudaSchupper) August 27, 2015
Attention NJ: your drinking water does NOT come from Bayonne waterway. Check here for fish consumption advisories: http://t.co/vU7fXZVjPQ
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 27, 2015
Here's that great @jamiekitman article Brian just mentioned, about lead contamination at Bayway: http://t.co/1WgFD76tWa
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 27, 2015
