Reuters: A New Jersey judge on Friday rejected the latest attempt by environmentalists to block a $225 million settlement between Exxon Mobil Corp. and Governor Chris Christie's administration over pollution clean-up costs.
The case is controversial because the settlement accounts for less than 3 percent of the $8.9 billion in damages that the state previously said it would seek. The deal was cut under Christie, who is a 2016 Republican presidential candidate, after a decade of litigation.
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