In a powerful rebuke of President Trump’s controversial Executive Order 14260, the entire Oregon Congressional Delegation (except one member) sent the below July 18, 2025 letter demanding that the Trump Administration rescind its April 8, 2025 directive that seeks to block state laws and civil lawsuits aimed at holding fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damages.

Multnomah County announced today that it is adding two new defendants to its ongoing climate accountability lawsuit: NW Natural Gas (NWN) and the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM).

Multnomah County announced today that it is adding two new defendants to its ongoing climate accountability lawsuit: NW Natural Gas (NWN) and the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM).

Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson: “We’re already paying dearly in Multnomah County for our climate crisis – with our tax dollars, with our health and with our lives. Going forward we have to strengthen our safety net just to keep people safe.”

Multnomah County filed its Second Amended Complaint.

Multnomah County’s civil claim for damages against the fossil fuel industry is headed back to Oregon Circuit Court.

Roger Worthington: “The land, ocean, and air are heating up, the forests burn every summer, the glaciers continue to melt, and the bill to abate and prevent these foreseeable disasters continues to skyrocket.”

Judge Adrienne Nelson granted the motion to remand the case back to the Oregon court system.

Magistrate Youlee You published her findings and recommendations.

Multnomah County submitted its reply to defendant Space Age Fuel, Inc's Response in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Remand.

The County countered by filing a motion to remand the case back to Oregon state court.

Rather than allowing the County’s case to proceed on the merits in Oregon state court, Big Oil responded to the County’s complaint by removing the case to federal court.

Multnomah County filed suit against several of the largest fossil fuel and coal-producing corporations, seeking to hold them accountable for the damages arising from the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome, one of the most deadly and destructive human-made weather disasters in American history.

Roger Worthington: “The heat dome was a direct and foreseeable consequence of the Defendants’ decision to sell as many fossil fuel products over the last six decades as they could and to lie to the County, the public, and the scientific community about the catastrophic harm.”

Resolution declaring climate change a Public Nuisance and authorizing The Office Of County Attorney to pursue legal remedies for damages caused by Climate Change.