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AG Ferguson: Federal court blocks Trump Clean Power Plan rollbacks

Replacement rule would have likely caused thousands more illnesses and deaths per year

 

OLYMPIA — A panel of federal judges, including a Trump appointee, today blocked the Trump Administration’s effort to repeal the Clean Power Plan and replace it with the so-called “Affordable Clean Energy” rule, which would not require significant carbon emission reductions. The ruling came in a challenge brought by Attorney General Bob Ferguson and a coalition of 22 states and seven local governments.

AG Ferguson: Sham charity must pay $95,000 to be donated to legitimate veterans’ charity

UPDATE: In June 2021, the Attorney General’s Office gave the $95,000 recovery to Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, a charity that helps veterans nationwide, including veterans in Washington, receive medical care. It helps build treatment centers and provide care for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. Read more about Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund at www.fallenheroesfund.org.

Healing Heroes Network spent less than one percent of its revenue on veterans’ medical care

AG Ferguson secures full refunds for Washington students and families who paid for now-canceled music trip to Europe

Voyageurs International will pay 235 Washington high school students and their families more than $464,000 to reimburse for unlawful cancellation fees

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that music travel company Voyageurs International must pay more than $464,000 for full refunds to 235 Washington students who signed up for the company’s 2020 European tours.

AG Ferguson to host remote public comment meeting on National Archives facility and records

Feds did not solicit input in the Pacific Northwest before deciding to sell the building and move the region’s records

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced he will host a remote public meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, so the public can share their comments on plans by the federal government to sell Seattle’s National Archives building and move the records thousands of miles away.