Oregon's most populous county adds gas utility to $51B climate suit against fossil fuel companies

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Oregon's most populous county adds gas utility to $51B climate suit against fossil fuel companies
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state's largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon 's Multnomah County , home to Portland, has added the state's largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climateThe lawsuit, filed last year, accuses the companies’ carbon emissions of being a cause of the heat-dome event, which shattered temperature records across the Pacific Northwest . Aboutin Oregon , Washington state and British Columbia in the heat wave, which hit in late June and early July 2021.

The amended complaint also added the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, which describes itself as a research group on its website, to the lawsuit. The group has opposed the concept of human-caused global warming. A request for comment sent Friday to the email address on its website was returned to sender.

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