![]() ![]() SAMAYOA: That's Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson. JESSICA VEGA PEDERSON: These companies have known their products were harmful for decades, but we are the ones literally paying the consequences. They say the companies were aware their products would increase temperatures and have a negative effect on the planet but deceived the public about it. MONICA SAMAYOA, BYLINE: Multnomah County, which includes Portland, is suing over a dozen fossil fuel companies in state court, including Shell, Chevron, BP and ExxonMobil. Monica Samayoa from Oregon Public Broadcasting has more. Research has shown that the heat dome was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change. That heat wave pummeled multiple states - also British Columbia - and killed around 800 people. It is seeking damages from the heat dome that blasted the Pacific Northwest in the summer of 2021. The most populous county in Oregon filed a lawsuit yesterday against oil and gas companies. ![]()
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