A Natural Gas Company Just Became the First to Be Sued Over Climate Change

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A Natural Gas Company Just Became the First to Be Sued Over Climate Change
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For the first time ever, a natural gas company is being sued by a local government for misleading customers about fossil fuels and the dangers they pose to the environment.that includes Shell, Exxon, McKinsey, and dozens of other companies for allegedly hiding or obfuscating their roles in climate degradation.

"More people died from the June 2021 heat wave in Multnomah County than died from heat in the entire state of Oregon in the past 20 years," the suit reads.in climate accountability lawsuits, this was the first known instance of a gas utility appearing as a defendant — even though they're just as implicated as their big oil counterparts.

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