Suit Seeks To Force Exxon To Weigh Climate Effects In CWA, RCRA Plans

September 29, 2016
Environmentalists have filed a novel new suit that seeks to require ExxonMobil to account for climate change effects such as rising sea levels in Clean Water Act (CWA) and Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) compliance plans for a Massachusetts oil terminal, a suit that could end with a decision broadly requiring such considerations after earlier CWA suits against EPA led to settlements. The complaint , filed Sept. 29 by the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), says ExxonMobil is both violating...


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