A wrongful death lawsuit that seeks to hold energy companies responsible for extreme weather events was allowed to proceed recently after a judge in Washington denied the companies’ bids to throw the case out, despite admitting the case faces an uphill battle on the merits.

The wrongful death case, which argued that the death of a Washington woman during the state’s 2021 heatwave was caused by energy companies, is one of the latest radical legal strategies that Rockefeller-funded groups are pursuing as climate lawsuits are being rejected by judges across the country.

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