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Nick Brown

Washington and California lead coalition of states to challenge Trump’s fake “energy emergency”

SEATTLE — Washington state filed suit today alongside 14 other states to challenge the president’s fake “energy emergency,” declared to line the pockets of Big Oil by handing out free passes to pollute our environment.

On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump declared a “national energy emergency” under the National Emergencies Act. Congress passed the National Emergencies Act to prevent presidents from declaring national emergencies for frivolous or partisan matters — exactly what the president has done here.

AG Brown co-leads states suing to stop illegal termination of federal electric vehicle infrastructure funding

SEATTLE — Washington is co-leading a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from illegally terminating billions in congressionally approved funding for electric vehicle infrastructure – including a combined $1 billion in the plaintiff states, Attorney General Nick Brown announced today. Unless the courts check the president’s overreach, Washington stands to lose over $71 million in electric vehicle infrastructure funding.

WA joins states suing Trump over illegal attacks on wind energy development

SEATTLE — Washington state filed suit today alongside 18 attorneys general against the Trump administration over its unlawful attempt to freeze the development of wind energy.

“We can’t unleash American energy by kneecapping some of the fastest growing, most innovative, and cleanest resources in the country,” Attorney General Nick Brown said. “Without a robust clean energy economy, we will see worsening climate change, more expensive energy from toxic fossil fuels, fewer jobs, and fewer solutions to our greatest challenges.”

Washington State Challenges Trump Administration’s Dismantling of AmeriCorps

SEATTLE — Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a multistate lawsuit challenging an illegal executive order that terminated AmeriCorps grants and reduced the agency’s workforce by 85 percent. The order effectively ended the program that provides opportunities to more than 200,000 Americans to serve their communities. The coalition includes 23 attorneys general and the states of Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

Washington State Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Conditions on Funding for K-12 Schools

$1.4 billion in federal financial assistance at risk in Washington 

SEATTLE — Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown today, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s threat to withhold federal funding from state and local agencies that refuse to abandon lawful programs and policies promoting equal access to education.

Attorney General Brown Honors Fallen and Injured Workers on Worker Memorial Day

OLYMPIA — Thursday, April 24, is Worker Memorial Day. A day for communities across the United States to come together to honor workers who died on the job or from job-related injuries over the past year.

Washington State’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) will be holding an event today marking the loss of 97 workers in the past year: Worker Memorial Day