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On June 22, 2023 Multomah County, Oregon filed a lawsuit seeking billions in damages from 17 of the largest fossil fuel companies over the 2021 heat dome. The county retained our office along with the law firm Simon, Greenstone, Panatier and Thomas, Coon, Newton & Frost to hold these fossil fuel companies accountable for the damages inflicted from one of the most deadly and destructive human-made weather disasters.
“Yes, the scientists tell us we are at or near the Tipping Point. To prepare for, and mitigate, and acclimate to a hotter world, with more frequent and intense Heat Domes, wildfires and droughts. We are going to need to weatherize, weatherproof, install Air Conditioners, and air filters, and retrofit the way we live, work and play to survive a hotter climate.”
“We are confident that once we show what the fossil fuel companies knew about global warming and when and what they did to deny, delay and deceive the public, the jury will not let the fossil fuel companies get away with their reckless misconduct.”
“The heat dome that cost so much life and loss was not a natural weather event. It did not just happen because life can be cruel, nor can it be rationalized as simply a mystery of God’s will.”
We don't want a payoff. We want to get paid back.
“This lawsuit is about accountability and fairness, and I believe the people of Multnomah County deserve both. These businesses knew their products were unsafe and harmful, and they lied about it”
“We will show that fossil fuel-induced global warming is already costing Oregonians lives and treasure. We will show that the normal use of fossil fuel products over time has imposed massive external, unpriced and untraded social, economic and environmental costs on the County.”
