On May 7, 2026, the Multnomah County Circuit Court issued a significant order in Multnomah County’s ongoing litigation against major fossil fuel companies. In a decisive ruling, Judge Adele J. Ridenour denied the defendants' joint motion to stay proceedings, which sought to halt the County’s case pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a separate Colorado matter.

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.