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New Jersey Pollution

Rejecting an appeal Monday by environmental groups and a state senator, the New Jersey Superior Court upheld a landmark settlement that requires Exxon Mobil to pay $225 million for causing pollution at the Bayway Refinery in Linden and another facility in Bayonne.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Rejecting an appeal Monday by environmental groups and a state senator, the New Jersey Superior Court upheld a landmark settlement that requires Exxon Mobil to pay $225 million for causing pollution at the Bayway Refinery in Linden and another facility in Bayonne.

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