Category: People For Puget Sound

Their Environmental Equity Program advances social equity, environmental justice, and community-powered leadership on behalf of those most affected by environmental issues.

Innovative projects are using state funding from the toxics law to clean up legacy pollution and then build urgently needed affordable housing.

Is your community reducing pollution and planning for growth? This scorecard grades their performance on using green, low-impact development practices.

Immediate action must be taken to prevent the extinction of two emblems of the Pacific Northwest: Chinook salmon and orcas.

The Washington Department of Ecology denied a key water quality permit for the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminals coal export facility in Longview.

Fortunately, over 97% of boaters already do the right thing, but not all boats properly dispose of their waste.

We hope you’ll visit Ray’s this summer to say thanks for supporting WEC and our work to protect Puget Sound!

We will not save Puget Sound by hoping for it – we need to work for it. Join the chorus of voices and take action today.

We helped deliver over one million statements to protect the Pacific Northwest from oil and coal exports Governor Jay Inslee!

President Donald Trump abandons Puget Sound cleanup and restoration in his proposed 2018 budget.

Hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage and stormwater poured into Puget Sound while the plant was decimated by floodwaters and raw sewage.

A call to action for Puget Sound in light of potential Trump Administration cuts to federal Puget Sound funding.

Our local Navy continues to ignore reasonable pollution controls to protect an ailing Sinclair Inlet.

In the final three months of 2016, railroads hauled 618 million gallons of oil through Washington.

New bills propose creating reliable funding for oil spill prevention and safety, industry accountability, protections for Puget Sound.

This 1988 law has helped clean up roughly 6,600 toxic sites, equal to about one cleanup completed every other day. But today, it’s at risk.

Now more than ever, we need to protect and restore Puget Sound and the waters that feed it.

Keeping ship and boat sewage out of Puget Sound is good for wildlife and human health

Cascadia Law Group has been a strong supporter of WEC for 15 years and a strong ally to Washington’s environmental community,

Together, we’re taking down coal and oil proposals one by one. Only a few are left – see how we’ll get there.