Chris Christie Backed Law That Lets Him Divert ExxonMobil Settlement From Environmental Cleanup

Chris Christie Backed Law That Lets Him Divert ExxonMobil Settlement From Environmental Cleanup Only three months before New Jersey agreed to accept $250 million in cash from ExxonMobil to settle claims the oil giant sullied public land, Gov. Chris Christie was still signaling a hard line. The governor called the ecological damage from the firm’s refining operations “staggering and unprecedented,” and his administration continued to pursue a state lawsuit seeking nearly $9 billion in damages.