A New Jersey judge on Wednesday tossed out the state’s lawsuit over climate misinformation against ExxonMobil, Shell Oil, Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips and the American Petroleum Institute, ruling only federal law can be used to regulate nationwide emissions.
“Only federal law can govern plaintiffs’ interstate and international emissions claims because ‘the basic scheme of the Constitution so demands,’ ” New Jersey Superior Court Judge Douglas Hurd ruled, according to The Washington Free Beacon. Hurd dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be reopened.
The state’s complaint accused the defendants of knowingly selling products that cause global warming and sought to force them to pay billions of dollars in damages, the Free Beacon reported. It also alleged the companies waged a decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of their products.
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