December 21, 2016
The Conservation Law Foundation told a Massachusetts federal judge Tuesday that Exxon Mobil Corp. must face its lawsuit claiming the company has failed to safeguard a Boston-area petroleum storage terminal from the effects of climate change, blasting the company's assertion that the case is an attempt to rewrite federal environmental regulations.
December 07, 2016
Exxon Mobil Corp. on Tuesday urged a federal judge to nix an environmental group's suit accusing the oil giant of inadequately protecting a Massachusetts petroleum storage terminal from the effects of climate change, calling it a "thinly veiled effort" to rewrite federal environmental permitting laws to account for speculative climate change impacts.
September 30, 2016
An environmental group's novel suit accusing Exxon Mobil Corp. of inadequately protecting a Massachusetts petroleum storage terminal from rising sea levels and increased storms caused by climate change could herald a new wave of climate change litigation that targets companies facility by facility instead of going after their entire operations, experts say.
September 29, 2016
Exxon Mobil Corp. put Boston-area communities in jeopardy by not adequately safeguarding hazardous materials at a petroleum storage facility from rising seas and more storms due to climate change, an environmental group alleged Thursday in what it calls a first-of-its-kind lawsuit.