A county lawyer says the “heat dome of June 2021 is entirely different because it is irrefutably, scientifically caused by carbon pollution.”
PORTLAND, Ore. —
Last month, Multnomah County filed a lawsuit seeking more than $50 billion in damages from 17 of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies and organizations.
The lawsuit alleges that the companies are responsible for climate change, which led to the 2021 heat dome, which saw temperatures spike to 116 degrees in Portland. At least 69 people died in Multnomah County and hundreds more were hospitalized.
Dozens of similar cases have been filed by cities, states and counties seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for
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