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Oregon's most populous county adds gas utility to $51B climate suit against fossil fuel companies

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Oregon 's most populous county adds gas utility to $ 51B climate suit against fossil fuel companies.

The lawsuit, filed last year , accuses the companies’ carbon emissions of being a cause of the heat-dome event.

About 800 people died in Oregon , Washington state and British Columbia in the heat wave, which hit in 2021 .

NW Natural said it can't comment in detail until it has completed reviewing the claims.

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