On April 8, we declared a statewide drought emergency, the fourth in a row for the Yakima Basin. Here are the water supply ...

It includes things like rain washing bacteria from animal waste or chemicals off land into rivers, or losing shade trees next ...

Coho salmon returning to rivers and streams often die before they can spawn. Photo by Roger Tabor, US Fish and Wildlife For over 20 years, scientists faced a toxic mystery: coho salmon returning to ...

We’re excited to announce the winners for our Solution to the Pollution Earth Day coloring book design contest! Students in ...

An exceptionally warm winter has left many Washington river basins short on the snowpack they would usually have at the start of spring. Washington relies on this snowpack to gradually melt out, ...

A view of the skyline and waterfront in Everett, one of the communities identified as overburdened and highly impacted by air pollution. Air quality in Washington’s communities most highly impacted by ...

When most people think of climate change, they probably don’t think of landfills. But maybe they should: Landfills release large amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas with far greater planet-warming ...

Old fluorescent light fixtures in schools and daycares can be harmful to students and staff. In 1979, the U.S. finally took action against the dangers of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), banning the ...

Roadway flooding in the coastal city of Westport. Photo courtesy of City of Westport. In 2023, we launched an innovative approach to help Washington’s coastal communities and Tribes build their ...

The Washington State Department of Ecology is announcing a rulemaking to amend two chapters of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC): Chapter 173-182 WAC, Oil Spill Contingency Plan and Chapter 173 ...

On Thursday, Congress approved a record budget for cleanup for the Hanford Site in Washington state, one of the world’s most contaminated and complex nuclear cleanup projects. “The federal government ...

This Earth Day, we are hosting a coloring book design contest for kids across Washington. Students will learn about how to help prevent pollution and design coloring book pages with this in mind. This ...