Blow it up, pick it up! Volunteers remove fireworks debris from Seattle waterways on July 5 as part of the Seattle Summer Sweep
Soundkeeper has organized the 5th of July cleanup of the lake after Seattle’s annual fireworks show since 1995.
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Clean Marina Washington announces winners of the first Clean Marina of the Year competition
Shilshole Bay Marina has won in the Public Ports Category and Foss Harbor Marina in the Private Marina Category.
Summer Sweep draws hundreds of volunteers to clean up Seattle’s urban waterways
Over the years, Sweep has proven just how large an effect individual action can have on the health of urban waterways.
US EPA and Army Corps issue weak Clean Water Rule
“The final rule inexplicably rolls back protections for streams and rivers, which feed into our water supplies,” said Marc Yaggi, Executive Director of Waterkeeper Alliance.
Washington residents urge meaningful updates to state water quality standards
Health professionals, fishing families, human rights advocates, local food supporters and environmental groups call out Ecology’s misleading math and demand more protective standards.
Conservation groups file lawsuit challenging the Port of Seattle’s decision to make Seattle a homeport for Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet
Shell’s disastrous 2012 Arctic Ocean drilling and transport operations demonstrate that even technically advanced and well-resourced companies are no match for Arctic conditions.