OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today issued the following statement after President Trump announced sweeping and unjustified revisions to longstanding environmental review processes under the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA — a move that undermines public health and the environment and conflicts with federal law. President Nixon signed NEPA into law in 1970 after it passed Congress with bipartisan support.

President Trump announced the rollbacks today at a UPS facility in Atlanta.

Declarations from Washington schools show immediate harms to state universities and local community colleges

Washington state international students spend approximately $1 billion annually in tuition and day-to-day spending

*  This release has been updated with the filing of the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, and includes a link to the complaint.

Impacted Washingtonians will be eligible for financial restitution

Report calls for numerous policy changes within law enforcement, schools and employers

AG report recommends centralized and easily accessible statewide website on incidents of deadly force

Convergent sent 75,466 collection letters pushing Washington consumers to “settle” old debts without disclosing that the statute of limitations had expired

PCB contamination is widespread in Washington’s bays, rivers, lakes and streams

UPDATE: This release has been updated with information on a separate class action settlement with cities, which includes Spokane and Tacoma.

We Heart It app didn’t have proper verification and consent measures in place

Inquiry prompted by Pierce County’s failure to comply with I-940’s requirements for a completely independent investigation, including appointing “at least two non-law enforcement community representatives”