Oregon county sues fossil fuel companies over 2021 heat wave

"Because defendants have polluted the atmosphere with enormous amounts of methane and carbon dioxide, which remain aloft for decades, and they continue to do so without restraint, extreme heat events will reoccur with increasing intensity and frequency," the county argues in the lawsuit.

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