Ecology cleaned up smelting contamination on the Columbia River public waterfront in Northport using state funding to remove ...

The state Clean Energy Council took a thoughtful, informed look at potential actions and policies to move clean energy ...

Early cooperation with Ecology allowed for quick work to improve facility operations with added benefits for air quality.

We are holding two meetings to provide information and get feedback regarding concerns and opportunities about developing ...

We have developed a new draft policy and interpretive statement relating to water resource management in the Walla Walla River basin (WRIA 32). Read the draft document: DRAFT - Walla Walla Developed ...

In the Yakima Basin, a third consecutive year of drought has caused historically low reservoir storage and streamflows. To address those conditions, the Washington Department of Ecology is issuing an ...

The Washington Department of Ecology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are jointly issuing penalties to Seattle and King County for violating conditions of the federal consent decrees ...

As the fall rains return to Washington, it’s easy to forget that we just exited one of the warmest summers in our state’s recorded history. June to August of 2025 was, according to the Washington ...

Firefighting foams like those pictured will be collected at fire departments across the state. Ecology is partnering with fire departments across the state to help protect firefighters from exposure ...

(Information on this site is considered to be accurate at the time of posting, but is subject to change as new information becomes available.) Washington Dept. of Ecology and U.S. Coast Guard are ...

Today the Washington Department of Ecology issued an official rebuke of a draft report by the U.S. Department of Energy being used to justify the Trump Administration’s rollback of federal climate ...

This week, Washington became the first state in the nation to adopt broad restrictions on more than two dozen chemicals used in cosmetic products that can release formaldehyde. Formaldehyde and ...