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Oil Industry Lawyers Fight a $50 Billion Climate Case in Oregon

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Karen Zraick
The lawsuit aims to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for a heat wave in Portland five years ago. The industry says the case should be thrown out.

© Michael Hanson for The New York Times

Richard Schechter, a lawyer for Multnomah County in Oregon, addressing the judge in court on Wednesday.
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Chemours to Pay $450M in First Federal PFAS Settlement

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Hiroko Tabuchi
The settlement addresses the dumping of PFAS “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer and other risks, by Chemours in several states.

© Ed Kashi for The New York Times

A Chemours plant in Fayetteville, N.C. Under a proposed settlement, Chemours would pay fines for discharging PFAS from plants in North Carolina, New Jersey and West Virginia.
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