Displaced Snippets of Bayonne by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview
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Magnified westward view from Bayonne on a typical fall day; property of the author.
The 4-1-15 Jersey Journal article said as follows.
“The Bayway refinery in Linden, NJ, the site of extensive environmental damage is the subject of a legal battle between Exxon and the state. Long fought, the suit to recover $8.9
billion in damages from Exxon Mobil Corporation for the contamination and loss of use of a disputed amount, ranging from 1,500 to 4,000 acres of wetlands, marshes, meadows, and waters in northern New Jersey has been quietly settled by the state for around $250 million; roughly 3% of the claim.
The lawsuits filed by the State Department of Environmental Capitulation in 2004 had been litigated by the administrations of four former NJ governors, finally advancing last year to trial. By then Exxon’s liability was no longer in dispute. The
Displaced Snippets of Bayonne