Multnomah County is seeking nearly $52 billion in damages and future costs for climate adaptation in a lawsuit that filed Thursday against more than a dozen fossil fuel companies to hold them accountable for the unprecedented heat dome event in 2021.
I suspect this lawsuit doesn't have much chance of winning. But:
the attorneys are apparently taking it on contingency, so no cost to taxpayers
the more lawsuits against big oil, the better the chance that one will eventually win
just rolling over for the people destroying the planet doesn't seem like a winning strategy either
[Image description: Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson speaks at a press conference June 22, 2023, announcing the county's lawsuit against fossil fuel companies in Portland, Oregon.]