USPS has been improperly managing and storing dangerous waste at its Seattle Bulk Mail Center in Federal Way. Ecology issued a $33,000 penalty for violations found during a 2024 inspection.

Join the Facebook Live event on our Hanford Facebook page or, Join the Zoom stream up to 15 minutes before the 5:30 p.m.

Join Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller for an update and community feedback session about PFAS contamination in East Selah.

Tips for finding safer school supplies that protect students's health and the environment, and support learning all year long ...

We'd like your input on a legal agreement and other documents to clean up PFAS contamination at Paine Field in Everett.

We're sharing the notable updates we are proposing for the Sand and Gravel General permit as well as information about how ...

(Information on this site is considered to be accurate at the time of posting, but is subject to change as new information becomes available.) Crews are responding to a tanker truck rollover and spill ...

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 ...

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 ...

After researchers pinpointed the toxic chemical that is killing coho salmon in freshwater, we got to work, alongside several partners, to protect coho salmon.

2021 — Washington's Plastic Bag Ban reduces plastic pollution by prohibiting single-use plastic carryout bags. Stores may provide reusable bags for a charge. 2022 — Washington’s single-use serviceware ...

The Board of Pilotage Commissioners (BPC), in consultation with our agency, is conducting a rulemaking to amend Chapter 363-116 WAC, Pilotage Rules. Chapter 363-116 WAC describes the training, ...