Why we need to approve the Environmental Justice Act of 2017
Soundkeeper supports Senator Cory Booker’s Environmental Justice Act of 2017, a bill that would increase protections for the communities most impacted by pollution.
Category: News
No new coal mining in Washington State
Soundkeeper submitted comments from our members opposing the proposed re-opening of the John Henry Coal Mine in Black Diamond.
Polluted stormwater is killing our salmon
Polluted stormwater runoff — the cocktail of heavy metals, oil and petroleum products, fertilizers, and other waste that washes off roads and hard surfaces when it rains — is toxic to coho salmon. Solving the problem will benefit our watersheds and everyone living in Puget Sound.
Aquaculture operation releases 300,000 Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound
On August 19th, Cooke Aquaculture’s net pens near Cypress Island reportedly released over 300,000 farmed Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound waters.
Questions to address in investigating the West Point failure
On April 3, Soundkeeper sent a letter to the King County Council in support of the independent investigation of the West Point Sewage Treatment Plant failure. In that letter, we pose detailed questions that we would like to see addressed in the investigation.
Pushing for solutions after the West Point sewage spill
Puget Soundkeeper has been closely engaged and pushing for answers since a catastrophic equipment failure on February 9 led to a discharge of 180 million gallons of wastewater to the Sound.