Air quality

Everyone deserves clean air to breathe and a sustainable future that responds to challenges presented by climate change. To reach these goals, we regulate harmful emissions from vehicles, burning, and industrial activities to help protect air quality and reduce greenhouse gases that increase temperatures around the globe.
Everyone deserves clean air to breathe and a sustainable future that responds to challenges presented by climate change. To reach these goals, we regulate harmful emissions from vehicles, burning, and industrial activities to help protect air quality and reduce greenhouse gases that increase temperatures around the globe.

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Clean Air Month - Part 3

Learn how clean energy, alternative transportation, and electric vehicles protect the air.

Clean Air Month - Part 2

Follow these simple tips to help keep the air clean and healthy.

Clean Air Month - Part 1

Learn how we have helped improve air quality with the Washington Clean Air Act.

Dust wars

Dust storms can be an issue in Eastern Washington.

"How much clean air do we need?"

Learn how and why Washington adopted its own Clean Air Act.

Funds help farmers prevent soil erosion and protect air quality

Dry weather can cause severe air quality problems in Eastern Washington.

Wanted: Old, polluting wood stoves

Ecology works to improve air quality with wood stove buy-back programs.

Making progress on air pollution

Pierce county's air was unhealthy prior to 2015 but by working together, it now meets air quality standards.

Baby, it’s cold outside

Before you fire up your wood stove, check for burn bans.

Smoke chokes Washington – air quality worst in the nation
Almost every community in the state has been hit hard by smoke blowing in from British Columbia wildfires. You can see it, you can almost reach out and touch it, and many of us are feeling it.