Exxon, Shell Say Oil Cos. Can't Be Sued For Wash. Heat Death
By Rachel Riley ( February 4, 2026, 10:10 PM EST) -- Fossil fuel giants including Exxon Mobil and Shell pressed a Washington state judge Tuesday to toss a first-of-its-kind lawsuit over a 2021 Seattle heat wave death, saying the plaintiff family cannot use Evergreen State law to extract damages from oil corporations for harm allegedly caused by more than a century of global greenhouse gas emissions....
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