Multnomah County’s heat dome conditions killed 69 people in 2021.

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/14335558

When scientific studies showed that the extreme temperatures were caused by heat domes, which experts say are influenced by climate change, county officials didn’t just chalk it up to a random weather occurrence. They started researching the large fossil fuel companies whose emissions are driving the climate crisis—including ExxonMobil, Shell, and Chevron—and sued them.

Now, 11 months after the suit was filed, Multnomah County is preparing to move forward with the case in Oregon state court after a federal judge in June settled a monthslong debate over where the suit should be heard.

  • Mangoholic@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    In the end we need any solution that reduces emissions. Nuclear could be one of those, especially the thorium reactors that can burn some of the existing nuclear waste, are looking promising. Other than that, renewables are the way to go for sure. Still it won't solve other carbon sources, its just the energy sector. It cannot fix agriculture emissions, but maybe indirectly the building emissions, with new tech like electrically recycled concrete or green steel.

    Will this happen in our current society... probably not, its just more profitable to fck the planet.