Oregon county sues fossil fuel companies for heat wave in Northwest

[Infolurker]

Oh yeah, I was just talking about Idiocracy... here is another good example. Portland is suing all the fossil fuel companies because they experienced a heat wave in 2021. What is even more scary and idiotic in this article is that this type of lawsuit has already happened 35 times before this one.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ore...-rcna90707

Oregon county sues fossil fuel companies, alleging they caused deadly 2021 heat wave in Northwest

An Oregon county filed a lawsuit Thursday that blames fossil fuel companies and industry boosters for the deadly 2021 heat wave that killed hundreds of people in the Pacific Northwest.


The lawsuit from Multnomah County, which contains Portland and its suburbs, says the heat dome was not a natural event but "a direct and foreseeable consequence" of oil companies' actions to sell as many fossil fuel products as possible for decades and to "lie" about the harms of those products.

Sixty-nine people died because of the heat dome event, which sent temperatures soaring across the Pacific Northwest for several weeks, according to the suit filed in a circuit court. During the most intense three-day period of heat, temperatures in Multnomah County hit highs of 108, 112, and 116 degrees.
The lawsuit lists 17 defendants, including Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron and the Western States Petroleum Association.

This lawsuit is the 36th time a municipality has sued fossil fuel companies for alleged harms resulting from climate change, according to the Center for Climate Integrity, an advocacy group that supports such lawsuits. This claim is the first tied to the 2021 heat dome and one of the first to sue over a specific event worsened by climate change.

The June 2021 heat wave was “virtually impossible" if not for the impacts of climate change, according to climate experts. A peer-reviewed study found the event was at least 150 times less likely if global temperatures had not warmed so much because of human activity.

[kdog]

Oh yeah, I was just talking about Idiocracy... here is another good example. Portland is suing all the fossil fuel companies because they experienced a heat wave in 2021. What is even more scary and idiotic in this article is that this type of lawsuit has already happened 35 times before this one.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ore...-rcna90707

Oregon county sues fossil fuel companies, alleging they caused deadly 2021 heat wave in Northwest

An Oregon county filed a lawsuit Thursday that blames fossil fuel companies and industry boosters for the deadly 2021 heat wave that killed hundreds of people in the Pacific Northwest.


The lawsuit from Multnomah County, which contains Portland and its suburbs, says the heat dome was not a natural event but "a direct and foreseeable consequence" of oil companies' actions to sell as many fossil fuel products as possible for decades and to "lie" about the harms of those products.

Sixty-nine people died because of the heat dome event, which sent temperatures soaring across the Pacific Northwest for several weeks, according to the suit filed in a circuit court. During the most intense three-day period of heat, temperatures in Multnomah County hit highs of 108, 112, and 116 degrees.
The lawsuit lists 17 defendants, including Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron and the Western States Petroleum Association.

This lawsuit is the 36th time a municipality has sued fossil fuel companies for alleged harms resulting from climate change, according to the Center for Climate Integrity, an advocacy group that supports such lawsuits. This claim is the first tied to the 2021 heat dome and one of the first to sue over a specific event worsened by climate change.

The June 2021 heat wave was “virtually impossible" if not for the impacts of climate change, according to climate experts. A peer-reviewed study found the event was at least 150 times less likely if global temperatures had not warmed so much because of human activity.

If they are successful and win this , we are all screwed. How about we turn off all the gas supplies there? I'm sure solar would save them. LOL !

[Ninurta]

What a ridiculous notion! First, their voodoo "science" isn't anywhere near accurate enough to reach such conclusions or to have made the specific predictions they allege, and second, where is the mention of any losses incurred by the county? Dead people are certainly losses, but not losses of the county, nor are the grounds to give the county standing in a suit.

This suit should be legitimately thrown out of court for lack of standing. It's just another harassment suit... but if I were the CEO of any of the "defendant" companies, I would immediately respond by cutting off all fuel sales in the affected area. You don't want to burn my fuel? Fine. Then don't burn it. I can find somewhere else to sell it, no sweat. Y'all just get to fending for yerselves without it!

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