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Puget Soundkeeper, Washington Environmental Council, and Suquamish Tribe sue U.S. Navy over toxic release into Puget Sound
The Navy conducted a hull scraping of a decommissioned aircraft carrier without pollution controls or permits, releasing debris and pollution to Sinclair Inlet.
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.
BNSF required to clean up coal train pollution
SEATTLE, WA – BNSF Railway (BNSF) will be forced to pay for the cleanup of Pacific Northwest waterways that were polluted for decades by coal or petroleum coke (“petcoke”) emitted from their open-topped train cars.
Environmental groups challenge Ecology’s new permits for industrial dairies
On Feb. 17, 2017, a coalition of environmental groups filed an appeal with the Washington state Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) challenging the Department of Ecology’s waste discharge permits for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).