by #EmilyHarris in #Axios:
"Multnomah County, Oregon — which contains most of Portland — filed a lawsuit Thursday against over a dozen fossil fuel companies and industry associations, seeking $50 million in actual damages from the June 2021 heat wave that blanketed the Pacific Northwest, sending temperatures up to 116° in the county."
https://www.axios.com/2023/06/23/oregon-county-sues-for-billions-2021-heat-dome-damage
#Oregon #Portland #MultnomahCounty #lawsuit #FossilFuels #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #climate
#emilyharris #axios #oregon #Portland #multnomahcounty #lawsuit #fossilfuels #globalwarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #climate