On Thursday, Multnomah County sued many of the biggest producers of coal and fossil fuels in an effort to hold them liable for losses from the deadly 2021 PNW heat dome.

“What is new about this case,” explained attorney Roger Worthington, “is how the leadership of Multnomah County is utilizing irrefutable climate science to hold corporate polluters accountable for their role in causing a discreet and disastrous event, as well as recent wildfires.”