Bob Ferguson

A judge announced last week he will not throw out Washington’s lawsuit against Monsanto over pervasive pollution from PCBs.  In a ruling Thursday, the King County Superior Court Judge declined a request by Monsanto to dismiss the case, saying the Ag company had waived its right to bring the motion to dismiss by not filing it sooner.   I...

This summer, the Trump Administration proposed several small changes to the Endangered Species Act.  And while many in the Ag community call them minimal and common sense, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit against President Trump.  ...

This summer, the Trump Administration proposed several small changes to the Endangered Species Act.  And while many in the Ag community call them minimal and common sense, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit against President Trump.   ...

On Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson that the EPA halted a scientific safety review of the pesticide chlorpyrifos.  The court said by stopping that review, the EPA allows the continued use of the pesticide at potentially dangerous levels.  Th...

On Thursday, the Washington Supreme Court agreed with Attorney General Bob Ferguson that agricultural workers who are paid on a “piece-rate” basis are also entitled to hourly compensation for time they spend on other aspects of their jobs. In a “f...

Last week, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson joined several other states looking to ban the nation’s most widely used insecticide.  Ferguson, and attorneys general from four East Coast states and the District of Columbia filed the suit Wednesday.  In March...

A Western Washington judge ruled Wednesday that Grocery Manufactures Associations must pay $18 million.  Attorney General Bob Ferguson started investigating GMA, in October 2013, following questions about finances in opposition of voter Initiative 522, which would have required labeling of GMOs in food sold to consumers.  Th...