Lead the way at WCC. Ready to make an impact? As a crew supervisor with Washington Conservation Corps (WCC), you'll lead a crew of five WCC members as you complete projects that restore native ...

At Ecology, every day is Earth Day. Our mission is to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for today and for future generations. Our staff work across the state to accomplish this mission, ...

Many parts of Puget Sound and the Salish Sea have oxygen levels that are below the levels needed for marine life to thrive. In some parts of Puget Sound, low levels of oxygen persist for most of the ...

The Chehalis Basin is a 2,700 square-mile river drainage system located in Southwest Washington along the Chehalis River and its tributaries. It is the second-largest river basin in Washington, ...

Washingtonians will begin to see fewer plastic bags littering the state’s roadsides, parks, and streams beginning Oct. 1 when the statewide plastic bag ban goes into effect. The bag ban prohibits the ...

The easiest way to avoid food waste is to not overbuy. Proper storage of what you do purchase is another way to prevent food waste. Home composting is an excellent option for what can't be used or ...

We propose updates to the human health criteria in Table 240 of WAC 173-201A-240, Toxic substances, to: Replace 143 state-adopted human health criteria for 73 pollutants that the Environmental ...

The Washington Legislature enacted the State Environmental Policy Act in 1971. Commonly called SEPA, the law helps state and local agencies identify environmental impacts likely result from projects ...

SEPA appeals SEPA provides a process for citizens and others to challenge both procedural and substantive decisions: Procedural appeals - include the appeal of a threshold determination — both ...

Greenhouse gas emissions affect all of us by contributing to climate change, which threatens our water supplies, coastlines, forests, and economy. Most greenhouse gases come from human activities, ...

Small sources regulated by Ecology must send their emissions data to us. We collect emissions data through the Source Management System (SMS) to find out how much pollution is in the air and to track ...

Facility information. The facility began operating in 1994. A natural gas pipeline supplies the plant with fuel used to make electricity. It also uses Number 2 fuel oil ias a backup fuel for one ...