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We'd like your input on a legal agreement and other documents to clean up PFAS contamination at Paine Field in Everett.
Tips for finding safer school supplies that protect students's health and the environment, and support learning all year long ...
Join Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller for an update and community feedback session about PFAS contamination in East Selah.
Fire safety burn bans Fire safety burn bans are called by the Washington Department of Natural Resources, local fire districts, and Tribes to protect people and property when wildfire danger is high.
Southern Resident killer whales, or orcas, are a beloved icon of the Pacific Northwest. We served on Governor Jay Inslee's Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Task Force, which developed proposals ...
Our Permitting and Reporting Information System (PARIS) database contains information about water quality permits, inspections, enforcement actions, and discharge monitoring reports (DMRs). Both ...
Join our Virtual Open House on August 19 from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. The Department of Ecology is updating the rules that shape how local governments manage and protect shorelines across the state along ...
We’re proposing restrictions to make cosmetic products safer and we need your feedback. Our proposed rule—Chapter 173-339 WAC—restricts formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers intentionally used in ...
The Washington Department of Ecology is expanding the drought emergency declared in April to include areas in the North and Central Cascade Mountains and parts of the Puget Sound area.
State Route 112 faces numerous climate-related threats. Photo courtesy Washington State Department of Transportation. Washington’s coastlines might be considered the canary in the coal mine for the ...
Phasing in new state law requirements The 2021 plastics law will reduce the use of covered single-use plastics. This law aims to reduce the production of new plastic and drive the development of new ...