Coalition Challenges Latest CAFO Permits
Ecology’s rewrite of industrial dairy permits endangers public health; threatens waterways, aquifers, ecosystems across the …
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EPA Reinstates Science-Based Water Quality Standards
A victory for Washington’s water quality standards to protect public health, but more is needed …
Ecology Issues Permit Placing Washington Waters and Human Health at Greater Risk
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance Files Appeal Seeking Stronger Controls, Sooner FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 22, 2021 …
Action Alert: Comment now on the draft Puget Sound Nutrient General Permit
Excess nutrient discharges from human sources are polluting watersheds and waterways around the nation, including …
Take Action for clean water
Submit comments before November 14th to protect Puget Sound. Polluted stormwater runoff is the number …
Troubled Waters report shows polluters dumping into Washington waterways, in violation of Clean Water Act
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.
Federal judge rules EPA must protect people from dangerously weak water pollution standards
Today, a federal judge imposed a tight deadline on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize new anti-pollution water quality rules aimed at protecting public health. The rules, often called fish consumption rules, must ensure that fish caught and eaten from Washington waters are safe for the most vulnerable and exposed populations.
Ecology’s Water Quality Standards rule is not enough to protect Washington communities
The new water quality standards rule caves to industry pressure, leaving some of the most dangerous chemicals inadequately regulated. It trades prompt action for a continuation of the status quo and a continued threat to the health of Washington communities.
Ecology’s draft CAFO water quality permit sacrifices public health, drinking water, shellfish beds
Faced with the opportunity to protect Washingtonians from industrial agriculture pollution, Ecology instead chose to ignore the recommendations of its own scientists and bowed to “big ag,” writing a convoluted, two-tiered draft permit that fails to protect our most fundamental natural resource–clean water.
Has Washington State given up on clean water?
How the state is failing to protect Washington communities from toxics in our waterways.