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Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Exxonmobil Corporation et al

  1. December 06, 2023

    Exxon Settles Novel Suit Over Tank Farm Climate Risk

    Exxon Mobil Corp. and the Conservation Law Foundation have reached a settlement in a 7-year-old lawsuit over potential pollution at the company's now-decommissioned storage terminal just north of Boston, the environmental advocacy group announced this week.

  2. March 23, 2020

    Exxon Climate Suit Paused So EPA Can Act On Permit

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Saturday put on hold a suit by an environmental group claiming Exxon Mobil ignored climate change risks at its petroleum storage facility in the state, deciding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should be given time to act on a related permit.

  3. May 14, 2019

    EPA Lawyer Threatened With Contempt In Exxon Climate Case

    A lawyer with the Environmental Protection Agency was threatened with criminal contempt by a federal judge Tuesday before agreeing to provide information in a suit between an environmental group and Exxon Mobil Corp. over a Boston-area petroleum storage terminal.

  4. April 08, 2019

    Exxon Asks For Pause In Petroleum Storage Facility Suit

    ExxonMobil asked a Boston federal judge Friday to freeze a lawsuit by environmental activists over the potential risks associated with its petroleum storage facility in Massachusetts, saying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to consider the company's permit renewal application before the suit moves forward.

  5. March 13, 2019

    Exxon Must Face Climate Change Claims At Mass. Terminal

    A Boston federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Conservation Law Foundation has plausibly argued that ExxonMobil failed to consider the effects of climate change at a petroleum storage facility in Massachusetts, allowing the bulk of the group's amended complaint to survive Exxon's motion to dismiss.

  6. December 19, 2018

    EPA Suit Over Exxon Terminal Would Be Futile, Parties Agree

    Suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a permit for a Boston-area petroleum storage terminal — an avenue suggested by a federal judge — will prove futile, so an environmental group will press on with its suit against Exxon Mobil Corp., the group and Exxon said Tuesday.

  7. November 30, 2018

    Exxon, Enviro Group Should Sue EPA, Mass. Judge Says

    Exxon Mobil Corp. and an environmental group suing the energy giant over its Boston-area petroleum storage terminal should bring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency into the case to see whether the 2011 permit for the terminal is still valid, a Massachusetts federal judge suggested at a hearing Friday.

  8. January 01, 2018

    The Biggest Environmental Cases To Watch In 2018

    Courts across the U.S. are poised to issue important rulings in environmental cases in the coming year, including a closely watched high court battle over where challenges to a rule defining the federal government’s jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act belong, and lawsuits seeking to reverse President Donald Trump’s moves to shrink national monuments. Here are the biggest environmental cases to watch in 2018.

  9. December 21, 2017

    Exxon Says Mass. Climate Change Suit Relies On Speculation

    Exxon Mobil Corp. on Wednesday urged a Massachusetts federal judge to toss the Conservation Law Foundation's amended suit against it over a Boston-area petroleum storage terminal, arguing that the suit still asserts speculative climate change claims the court previously dismissed.

  10. September 13, 2017

    Exxon Can't Be Sued For Sea Rise In 'Far Future,' Judge Says

    A Massachusetts federal judge ruled that the Conservation Law Foundation didn't have standing to sue Exxon Mobil Corp. for injuries the group said would result from sea level rises occurring in the distant future in its suit involving the company's Boston-area petroleum storage terminal, partially granting the oil giant's dismissal bid.

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