The drought declared in April 2024, is still in effect while experts keep an eye out for signs of improving conditions.

The Washington Applied Sustainability Internship (WASI) program pairs college students with businesses to help achieve ...

Spills of oil or hazardous materials to water must be reported immediately to help reduce impacts to the environment. Failure to report a spill you're responsible for could result in penalties. Stop ...

See more information on the programmatic environmental impact statement currently being developed by the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council on electrical transmission. Draft programmatic ...

During the holidays, millions of pounds of food is wasted in Washington. That’s a lot of resources going in the trash! By making smart choices, you can reduce food waste, save money, and relax a ...

CLARC January 2025 updates are now online. Cleanup Levels and Risk Calculation (CLARC) is a compendium of technical information related to calculating cleanup levels under Washington's Cleanup Rule, ...

Ecology, local clean air agencies, and Tribes can restrict indoor and outdoor burning under certain conditions. Air quality burn bans protect people when the air is unhealthy. Fire safety burn bans ...

Washington is divided into 62 Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIAs) based on natural watersheds. Due to Washington’s varied land uses, hydrology, and precipitation levels, the amount of water ...

The dangerous waste annual report is a combination of required forms and other documents that summarize your dangerous waste activities in Washington. If you have an active EPA/State Identification ...

New Hazardous Substances: We added fluorotelomer sulfonic acid;6:2 (6:2 FTS), perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA), hexachlorocyclohexane; delta, and isopropyltoluene; p- to CLARC. We also re-added Sulfate ...

To address food waste and wasted food in Washington, the 2019 Washington Legislature unanimously passed the Food Waste Reduction Act, now codified as RCW 70A.205.715. The law established statewide ...