In 2018, local officials in Colorado sued oil companies in state court, charging that pollution from fossil fuels contributed to global warming and harmed Coloradans through extreme summer temperatures, more frequent wildfires and higher risk of some insect-borne diseases.
Their complaint did not cite potentially key scientific evidence. That’s because it didn’t exist yet.
Just then gaining public recognition was a field of research known as climate attribution, looking at how global warming affects the atmosphere in specific places or during specific weather events.
The field is now advanced, and
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