washington department of ecology

People in Central Washington have a chance to learn more about potentially contaminated soil at their homes. The Washington State Department of Ecology is hosting information sessions about pesticides from former orchards.

Storing renewable energy is critical in the Northwest. A draft review for the region’s largest proposed energy storage project is available for public comment.

A new project will help protect some Washington home builders from historic pesticides.

A gravel road just south of Kennewick has a trash problem. At first you see a tire in the middle of the field. Then, just down the road, there’s what…

The Environmental Protection Agency set new clean-air standards four years ago for wood stove and hydronic heater manufacturers.These manufacturers were…

Four landowners near Moses Lake, Washington, have been fined $618,000 for illegal water use. The water was pumped from the Odessa aquifer, which has been…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is one of the government watchdogs monitoring the cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation. But recently the…

Grouting up a tunnel that was found collapsed last month at Hanford is the best option according to Washington state’s top expert on Hanford. And it won’t…

Washington state is taking legal action against the U.S. government after a tunnel full of radioactive waste collapsed Tuesday at the Hanford nuclear…

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, and his Republican challenger Bill Bryant sparred in their last scheduled debate in Pasco Wednesday night over…