PORTLAND, Oregon--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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). The civil lawsuit, originally filed on June 22, 2023, seeks damages to help the County pay for the costs of preventing, mitigating, and adapting to fossil fuel-induced global warming. According to the lawsuit, since the 1950s the oil and gas industry’s own scientists k...
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