There are now 30 lawsuits against oil companies underway in cities and states around the US, including in California and here in the Pacific Northwest. Last year, a case was filed by Multnomah County around damages from the 2021 heat wave and fires and a lawsuit was recently filed by the Makah Indian Tribe and Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Western Washington over their loss of habitable land due to acidification, hotter temperatures, droughts, and other climate damages. In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss legal advances in recent lawsuits against Big Oil and the significance of these advances for the climate justice movement.
Image: Warming Stripes by Ed Hawkins, showing Global temperatures increased by 1.2degrees C between 1850 and 2022. CC by 4.0 Deed
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