Superfund cleanup

The EPA released a long-awaited proposed cleanup plan for the East Waterway in Seattle. It reflects a higher, aspirational cleanup standard that advocates say better reflects community input and environmental justice.

A polluted river runs through the heart of industrial Seattle. The Lower Duwamish waterway was designated a Superfund site in 2001. Now the community…

Superfund sites are a high priority for the Environmental Protection Agency under Administrator Scott Pruitt. He has put 21 of them on a Redevelopment…

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent over the last few decades to clean up toxic pollution from the region’s industrial past.In Tacoma, a prime…

The Suquamish Tribe and two environmental groups have filed notice that they plan to sue the Navy over work on the decommissioned USS Independence that…

A long-awaited roadmap is in place for the cleanup of Seattle’s only river.The Lower Duwamish Waterway was listed as a Superfund site in 2001. Now, after…

A local watershed is the first in the Northwest to participate in a federal program that aims to connect people with their waterways. As of today, the…

A new report shows residents of Seattle’s Duwamish River valley are exposed to more pollution, have greater vulnerability to pollution-caused illnesses…

Seattle’s Duwamish River was once a meandering estuary in the heart of the city. A century ago, it was transformed into an industrial waterway and used as…

Two derelict vessels are sinking in a bankrupt marina near Tacoma. Fire fighters have circled them with oil booms to contain any pollutants. The incident…