Protecting & Preserving Puget Sound
Major industrial facilities illegally dumped dangerous levels of pollution into Washington’s waterways 55 times over 21 months, according to a new report by Environment Washington Research and Policy Center.
“The president doesn’t make law. He implements and executes the law. So, if he doesn’t …
In a joint project, Puget Soundkeeper and Washington Environmental Council have released Nature’s Scorecard, a tool to keep cities and counties in the Puget Sound region accountable for holistic health and water quality planning.
Soundkeeper supports Senator Cory Booker’s Environmental Justice Act of 2017, a bill that would increase protections for the communities most impacted by pollution.
Elected leaders in the Salish Sea must resist Kinder Morgan’s dangerous oil pipeline and tanker proposal.
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Initiative 1631, the Protect Washington Act, is a chance for our state to take action on climate change.
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EPA wants to make it easier for polluters to poison our nation’s water. Take action today.
The notice letter informs Boeing that Soundkeeper and WAP intend to file a lawsuit in federal court after 60 days to enforce the Clean Water Act and protect the health of the Duwamish River.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s actions over the past year have proven that he is reckless and unfit to lead the agency tasked with protecting public health and the environment. Congress must take action to remove Scott Pruitt from his role.
Clean water is essential to all life. And protecting our waterways from pollution is critical to preserving and recovering our endangered orca whales, our fisheries and the health of our communities. Despite strong bipartisan efforts to defend protections and restore funding in the face of enormous rollbacks in the 2018 federal budget cycle, the Executive …
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Today, the Washington State Department of Ecology established Puget Sound as an official No Discharge Zone under federal and state rules.
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On April 4, seven local and regional environmental organizations appealed Skagit County’s approval of a project that would ship hundreds of millions of gallons of toxic chemicals through the Salish Sea every year, much of it destined for Asia.
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Major industrial facilities illegally dumped dangerous levels of pollution into Washington’s waterways 55 times over 21 months, according to a new report by Environment Washington Research and Policy Center.
Today Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed HB2957 into law, an act that will effectively ban the practice of open-water Atlantic salmon aquaculture in the state of Washington. The Governor’s signature comes on the heels of bi-partisan support in the state legislature, passing the House by a vote of 67-31 and the Senate by a vote …