SEATTLE - Oct. 24, 2002 - A company that promised consumers they could make money viewing advertising over the Internet will now use the Internet to offer restitution to the same consumers.

In a settlement with the Attorney General's High Tech Unit, Seattle-based 180 Solutions Inc., will be required to spread the word of its consumer restitution program via e-mail, on web sites and through Internet newsgroups its former customers are likely to visit.

Olympia - June 12, 2001 - The U.S. Department of Energy's proposed budget to clean up the nation's nuclear waste is inadequate and will unnecessarily cost taxpayers billions of dollars, Washington Attorney General Christine Gregoire warned Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham in a letter sent today.

"The federal government needs to fulfill its cleanup commitments just like anyone else," Gregoire said of the letter. "Hanford is one of the worst waste sites in the nation and Energy should set an example for responsibly cleaning up its mess."

OLYMPIA -- Attorney General Christine Gregoire today asked a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling which blocks U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) efforts to reclassify high-level radioactive waste in order to avoid disposing of it in a safe underground storage facility.

Gregoire and state attorneys for Oregon, Idaho, South Carolina, New Mexico, and New York made the argument in a "friend of the court" brief to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

OLYMPIA -- Attorney General Christine Gregoire today joined several other states, cities, and environment groups in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) failure to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the federal Clean Air Act.

A petition filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. asks the court to review recent EPA decisions that said Congress did not provide the agency with authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the clean air law.

OLYMPIA - Gov. Gary Locke and state Attorney General Christine Gregoire today announced an $8.8 million settlement of the $55 million lawsuit filed against the state by Linda David.

Under terms of the settlement, the state will pay $8.8 million to Linda David and her guardian.

Snohomish County prosecutors have charged David’s husband, Victor, with a variety of criminal charges, including assaulting his wife. The settlement identifies Victor David as the perpetrator, and he is prohibited from ever collecting money under the settlement.

Olympia - March 23, 2001 - Attorney General Christine Gregoire today called for the preparation of legal action in the event the federal government breaks its promise to begin construction this summer on a facility to treat radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Reported cuts in the Department of Energy (DOE) budget could slash funding for cleanups nationwide by an estimated $425 million. To meet its obligations at Hanford, DOE would need an estimated increase of several hundred million dollars.

OLYMPIA - The state will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal-court decision that would compel the state to make taxpayer-funded scholarships available to college students who pursue degrees in theology, Attorney General Christine Gregoire announced today.
 

Seattle - Sept. 19, 2001 - Attorney General Christine Gregoire today continued her campaign against Internet fraud by suing a web-based company that markets a work-at-home program considered to be an illegal pyramid scheme.

In a complaint filed in Kitsap County Superior Court, the AG's High-Tech Unit accused SJ Gabel, a Bremerton company, and its owners, Susan J. Gabel and Claudette Richardson, of violating the state's Chain Distribution Scheme Act and Consumer Protection Act.

OLYMPIA -- Attorney General Christine Gregoire today wrote to President Bush saying she continues to support the Hanford cleanup plan signed by state and federal officials in 1989, and said the federal government cannot declare those cleanup efforts a success "by simply lowering the bar."

OLYMPIA - The Attorney General's Office today announced it will join six other states in a planned lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the nation's power plants.