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At the end of last July, Washington State Department of Ecology and Chelan County held public meetings to discuss a suite of proposals from the Icicle Working Group (IWG), called the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS). The...

The long-awaited restoration of one of the last remaining saltwater estuaries on Puget Sound, the Edmonds Marsh would provide critical habitat for wildlife like our endangered salmon and Southern Resident orca, but the Washington State Department of...

For the past decade, the Sierra Club and our partners have been fighting coal, oil and gas export projects and infrastructure expansions. To this day, no project that we have fought has become operational. We have beat back coal and oil, but now,...

As our city struggles with the inequitable growing pains of our region’s unprecedented rapid economic development, it is important to work together on solutions. Sierra Club is encouraged that the Seattle City Council is moving the Mandatory Housing...

With the Pacific Northwest experiencing increasingly fierce and frequent wildfires, shellfish loss from ocean acidification, and warmer winters, the need to act on climate has never been more urgent. While the problem can seem daunting, we can take...

After receiving thousands of comments from Washingtonians concerned about orca and salmon recovery, Governor Inslee lent his support last month to two key recommendations from the Washington State Orca Task Force: increased spill over dams on the...

The sale, titled Michigan Trotter Timber Sale, was slated for January 2019 and will encompass approximately 63 acres, leaving no more than 8 trees per acre after harvest, according to a forester who walked the proposed cut area with Loo Wit in early...

The following letter was sent to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on December 11, 2018. Please share your support for a #Safe35th and let Mayor Durkan know we need safer and more sustainable ways to get around the city.

An update on Initiative 1631 and where we're headed next!

By Victoria Leistman