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Environmental justice

Environmental justice includes laws, regulations, policies, and actions that give fair treatment to all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income. Our environmental restoration and preservation work should not disproportionately burden disadvantaged populations.
Environmental justice includes laws, regulations, policies, and actions that give fair treatment to all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income. Our environmental restoration and preservation work should not disproportionately burden disadvantaged populations.

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Echoes from the deep: A scuba diver’s ocean footprint and his path to protecting the Columbia River at Hanford

In this edition of Behind the Scenes at the Nuclear Waste Program, we sat down with Ben Prueitt, one of our program's Community Outreach and Environmental Education Specialists.

What We Do
Findings from the 2025 report on overburdened communities highly impacted by air pollution

Lower wildfire activity and changing traffic patterns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic reduced air pollution in sensitive areas, but communities still face air quality inequities.

Science
Three comment periods for the Lower Duwamish Waterway begin in March

We invite you to comment on two cleanup sites in the Lower Duwamish Waterway as well as a consent decree settling who will pay for sediment cleanup in the river.

What You Can Do
SHARP dashboard tracks contaminated site ratings

Two years into using the new SIte Hazard Assessment and Ranking Process, we've assessed over 1,400 sites. Watch our progress and compare sites with an interactive dashboard.

What You Can Do
Evaluating impacts of sustainable aviation fuel

We are starting a new statewide study to evaluate potential environmental impacts surrounding the production and distribution of sustainable aviation fuel. 

What You Can Do
Air quality speed run

With great enthusiasm, 19 community-based organizations partnered with Ecology and King County to distribute thousands of HEPA air cleaners and restore urban forests.

What We Do
Waste less food this holiday season

Wasting less food is possible if you plan carefully, think ahead about storage, and get creative with your meals.

What You Can Do
Keeping Chehalis basin communities safe and prosperous

The city of Hoquiam awarded 18.5 million to advance Flood Protection Project.

What We Do
New environmental education program builds connections for refugees and immigrants in Spokane

A unique environmental program in Spokane is helping refugees and immigrants build connections with the environment and their new community.

What We Do
Projects for communities, by communities — launching the air quality community grant program

We are launching the Air Quality Community Grant Program and inviting organizations from 16 overburdened communities across Washington to apply for grants that improve local air quality. 

What You Can Do

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