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Climate Change and Extreme Weather Lawsuits | US News
A major U.S. scientific body has endorsed cutting-edge research linking climate change to specific extreme weather events—potentially turbocharging lawsuits against fossil fuel giants. As the current administration rolls back climate regulations, this report signals that the science behind “extreme event attribution” is now robust enough to influence legal battles over climate damages. Scientists can now pinpoint how much global warming amplified disasters like heatwaves and floods, with Oregon’s $50 billion lawsuit citing a record Pacific Northwest heatwave as proof. While the fossil fuel…
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