Middlesex County, NJ Sues Big Oil Over Climate Damages — SkimNews
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- Middlesex County, New Jersey filed suit against major oil and gas companies seeking to recover costs from climate change-driven flooding and other climate impacts.
- Middlesex County is the latest local government to pursue climate liability litigation against Big Oil, filing just days before the U.S. Supreme Court again takes up Boulder, Colorado's climate case.
Why it matters: The lawsuit adds Middlesex County to a growing roster of local governments extracting costs from fossil fuel producers for climate adaptation, and its timing — days before SCOTUS revisits Boulder's climate case — puts the county's claims directly into the national fight over whether cities and counties can hold oil companies liable in court.
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