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May 4-8 is the 14th annual Air Quality Awareness Week. This year’s theme is “Better Air, Better Health.”

In December 2019, Gov. Jay Inslee directed us to develop consistent, comprehensive standards for evaluating greenhouse gas emissions from major new projects.

The Cheney Super Stop cleanup site, once a service station then city maintenance facility, shows how a contaminated property can be redeveloped into a community asset, housing in this case.

The state’s lengthy and colorful history of water law and water use regulations began long before the Department of Ecology was created in 1970.

After years of planning, cleanup, and restoration efforts, we are nearing the final stages of our cleanup work at the Port Gamble Mill property. We invite you to comment on our cleanup plans.

Meet the tunicate amphipod, a critter that embraces the comforts of home like no other.

Washington's beauty is timeless, and personal choices to protect that beauty must be renewed every day.

For 2020, we are awarding local partners $257,000 in Terry Husseman Account grants to fund seven projects across the state designed to improve water quality to benefit Washington residents.

Central and Eastern Washington should take these steps to prepare for dust storms every spring through fall.

In 2020, we secured seven National Coastal Wetlands Conservation grants worth $5 million to restore nearly 500 acres of coastal wetlands in Washington.