Conditions changed quickly at the end of August. A combination of lightning-sparked wildfires, hot and dry weather, and light ...

On the morning of July 18, a dual-tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline and diesel left the roadway on U.S.

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

Ecology is working with other state and local government agencies to reduce nitrate contamination so everyone in the Lower ...

We are partnering with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, Emergency Management Division, and the Department of Natural ...

In the Yakima Basin, a third consecutive year of drought has caused historically low reservoir storage and streamflows. To address those conditions, the Washington Department of Ecology is issuing an ...

Firefighting foams like those pictured will be collected at fire departments across the state. Ecology is partnering with fire departments across the state to help protect firefighters from exposure ...

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

These might sound like the newest Gen Alpha slang, but they are actually far more obnoxious, or you might say, "noxious." They are noxious weeds. And that isn’t us name calling either. "Noxious weed" ...

This week, Washington became the first state in the nation to adopt broad restrictions on more than two dozen chemicals used in cosmetic products that can release formaldehyde. Formaldehyde and ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has been improperly managing and storing dangerous waste at its Seattle Bulk Mail Center in Federal Way. Today, the Washington Department of Ecology issued a ...

This U.S. Drought Monitor map shows most of Washington is in a state of moderate or severe drought. Asotin, Garfield, and Whitman Counties are now considered to be in a state of “extreme drought”.