Since the early 1800s, miners in Washington have searched for metals such as copper, gold, lead, magnesium, silver, uranium, and zinc. Mining for metals is called hardrock mining, because of the types ...

A new competitive grant program from the Washington Department of Ecology will fund projects at 13 landfills across the state to better measure and contain methane ...

We all love our daily coffee fix, but the environmental cost of single-use cups is staggering – 50 billion of them are thrown away each year! That jolt of caffeine is essential, but the mountain of ...

Arsenic and lead in play-area soil can pose a risk to children.Through our Soil Safety Program, we provide free soil sampling and soil safety actions for qualifying public and private schools, ...

Arsenic and lead in soil puts people at risk, especially children. We provide free advice for developers and property owners on how to sample soil for arsenic and lead contamination and to complete ...

When you burn, smoke must not impact your neighbors. You must put out your fire if it does. Learn about what is legal to burn. Always check for a burn ban before you burn. Smoke from outdoor burning ...

In a new report from the Washington Department of Ecology, researchers investigated health data for 16 overburdened areas of Washington and found people in these communities face a higher death rate ...

(Information on this site is considered to be accurate at the time of posting, but is subject to change as new information becomes available.) The Washington Dept. of Ecology, the U.S. Environmental ...

The Water Resources Advisory Committee (WRAC) is a forum for issues related to water resources management in Washington state. This stakeholder group is comprised of about 40 people representing state ...

How Washington invests cap-and-invest auction revenues to prepare for climate change will be captured in public reporting that the Department of Ecology is responsible for publishing under the Climate ...

Today, Washington state Department of Ecology Director Laura Watson issued a statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: In the Sackett v. U.S.