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Investing in communities to turn blighted properties into affordable housing
Ecology is funding projects in six cities to help clean up contaminated properties – and help with the housing crisis.
Cleaning up: Taking it to the streets in Everett
We’re cleaning up a major intersection in Everett where part of a smelter that produced lead and arsenic once stood.
Around the Sound: Ongoing and future restoration, redevelopment, and recreation
Boots on the ground: Home from U.S. Virgin Islands with memento and more
A WCC AmeriCorps member shares a memorable story from serving in the U.S. Virgin Islands, assisting communities after Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Boots on the ground: Touring WCC projects across the state
Join us on a spin around the state to learn more about a few of the projects our AmeriCorps members have contributed to this year.
Boots on the ground: How does WCC respond to out-of-state disasters?
Join us for a closer look inside the process of how we implement out-of-state deployments and a disaster response roundup from the AmeriCorps service year that we just concluded!
Ecology opposes federal proposal to allow offshore drilling on Washington’s coast
Ecology Director Bellon submitted a letter to the U.S. Interior Secretary opposing a federal proposal to allow offshore oil and natural gas leasing on WA's outer continental shelf.
A Little Green for the Brownfields
EPA awarded $2.4 million in grants to five recipients to help assess and clean up local brownfields & properties that haven't been redeveloped due to potential contamination.
Boots on the ground: WCC assists communities after Hurricanes Florence, Michael
Join us for a closer look into our recent and ongoing deployments to South Carolina and Florida to assist communities after Hurricanes Florence and Michael made landfall.