http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/news.html News Releases http://www.ecy.wa.gov/images/ecy_logo_144w.gif http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/news.html 144 32 http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-274.html http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-274.html Fri, November 20, 2009 13:00:00 PST 11/20/09 - The Port of Seattle will sample and test stormwater from the former Lora Lake Apartment complex in Burien this winter as part of a legal agreement with the Department of Ecology. Ecology seeks public comment on the work plan through Dec. 23, 2009. Read full story.... http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-273.html http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-273.html Thu, November 19, 2009 17:30:00 PST 11/19/09 - The Washington Department of Ecology kept close watch today after a 794-foot cargo ship went aground in the Gulf Islands, just northwest of Washington's San Juan Islands. No spill was reported. Read full story.... http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-272.html http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-272.html Thu, November 19, 2009 11:30:00 PST 11/19/09 - Officials from the Washington departments of Ecology and Fish & Wildlife got a firsthand demonstration today about how refining, oil handling and vessel shipping companies in the state can effectively set up a mobile response operation to rescue and care for wildlife affected by oil spills. Read full story.... http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-270.html http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-270.html Wed, November 19, 2009 09:00:00 PST 11/18/09 - On Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, the Marine Spill Response Corp. (MSRC) and Clean Rivers Cooperative, Inc. will showcase how the oil industry in Washington may effectively set up mobile equipment to rescue and care for wildlife in the event of oil spills. Media are invited to attend a short recognition ceremony at 10 a.m. and observe the demonstration until 11:30 a.m., to be conducted in an empty warehouse near Ferndale. Read full story.... http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-271.html http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-271.html Wed, November 18, 2009 11:00:00 PST 11/18/09 - Business, states and higher education have a new resource to support efforts to advance safer products in the market place. It's a report released today by the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3), National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR), and the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell (UMASS Lowell). Read full story.... http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-269.html http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-269.html Wed, November 18, 2009 11:00:00 PST 11/18/09 - The Department of Ecology has fined Olympic Tug & amp; Barge Co. $47,000 for two oil spills, one last year in the West Waterway off Harbor Island in Seattle and one this year off Bainbridge Island. Read full story.... http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-268.html http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-268.html Mon, November 16, 2009 13:00:00 PST 11/16/09 - Four parties in discussions around protecting Sequalitchew Creek from potential impacts from a proposed gravel mine expansion near DuPont are close to signing a new memorandum of understanding. Read full story.... http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-267.html http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-267.html Mon, November 16, 2009 13:00:00 PST 11/16/09 - Washington residents are recycling more than ever, pushing the recycling rate to 45 percent in 2008, the highest state level achieved to date. At the same time, state residents and businesses sent 6 percent less waste to landfills in 2008 than the previous year, according to new data just released by the Washington Department of Ecology. Read full story....