Test your knowledge about fuel-efficient driving

No-idle signs give good reminder
by Melanie Forster, Air Quality Program, Southwest Regional Office


Many of us know that unnecessary engine idling pollutes the air
and wastes fuel. But we all could use a friendly reminder, even Department of
Ecology employees whose job is to protect our environment. “No-Idle Zone” signs
have recently appeared in Ecology's parking areas. You may have seen

Tell us your Earth Day wish, April 22

Ecology's Communication and Education program

We’re trying something new at Ecology on Earth Day and inviting you to be part of it.

From noon to 1 p.m. PST on Monday, April 22, we’re asking you to share your wish for Earth Day during our first Twitter chat. Think of it like a birthday wish you'd make while blowing out candles, only it's for the planet on this 43rd Earth Day.

We’ll kick it off

Happy 40th Anniversary Clean Water Act

By Joye Redfield-Wilder and Sandy Howard

Forty years ago, on Oct. 18, 1972, the U.S. Congress enacted the Clean Water Act designed to end pollution to the nation’s rivers, lakes and bays.

For the past several months, Northwest Public Radio’s EarthFix — a public media project with many regional public broadcasting partners — has been reporting on different aspects of the Act’s influences for

Good News for the Environment

By Barbara MacGregor, Web Communications, LaceyWith all the water that’s been falling from the sky recently, it’s fitting that there’ve been a number of good news stories about water-related topics.For the third year in a row, Ecology invited folks to get their cameras and snap photos of the season’s unusually high tides. People in Australia, British Columbia, Oregon and other places are doing

Good News for the Environment

By Barb MacGregor, Web Communications ManagerBefore I worked at Ecology, I thought of the agency as a bunch of people who make and enforce regulations. True, the regulations help protect the environment and enforcers make sure the rules are followed. But I just never imagined it was the kind of place where my background in environmental education and stewardship would fit.Well, I’ve been here