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PRESS RELEASE – Edmonds Environmental Council
New organization provides public service on protecting our natural and human environment.
PRESS RELEASE
Edmonds Environmental Council
July 9, 2024
New organization provides public service on protecting our natural and human environment.
A new non-profit organization has been formed by Edmonds and Woodway citizens called the “Edmonds Environmental Council” (EEC). The EEC’s mission is to provide public service, education and civic engagement to preserve, protect, restore and enhance the natural and human environment in Edmonds and adjacent cities and unincorporated areas.
Continue reading “PRESS RELEASE – Edmonds Environmental Council”Edmonds, Woodway residents form nonprofit Edmonds Environmental Council
Posted: July 9, 2024
Link to My Edmonds News article
A group of Edmonds and Woodway residents Tuesday announced the formation of the nonprofit Edmonds Environmental Council (EEC), which in its first action is challenging the City of Edmonds Critical Aquifer Recharge Area (CARA) regulation approved by the Edmonds City Council in May.
Continue reading “Edmonds, Woodway residents form nonprofit Edmonds Environmental Council”Letter to the editor: City must reverse critical aquifer recharge area decision
Posted: June 29, 2024
Link to My Edmonds News article
Editor:
The City of Edmonds has just adopted a new critical aquifer recharge area (CARA) ordinance in spite of scientific evidence from the Olympic Water District about the presence of forever chemicals (PFAS) in stormwater. The changed CARA code will allow contaminated stormwater to infiltrate into the Deer Creek drinking water aquifer in southern Edmonds.
Continue reading “Letter to the editor: City must reverse critical aquifer recharge area decision”Lawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits
At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestos litigation, audio from the event revealed.
May 28, 2024
A 3M plant on the Mississippi River. The company has faced legal action over manufacturing the chemicals.Credit…E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune, via Getty Images
Continue reading “Lawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits”Future stewards lend a hand to baby salmon
My Edmonds News
Posted: May 27, 2024
Last week marked the final releases this year of “baby” coho salmon from Edmonds’ Willow Creek Salmon Hatchery into local streams to help the salmon populations in Puget Sound. On hand to help were community volunteers including future stewards of the environment and even Edmonds Mayor Mike Rosen.
Local drinking water ranks among the best, exceeding new federal standards for contaminants
Posted: May 16, 2024
Perrinville Creek SEPA DNS – Bernhoft- PLN2024-0020 SEPA DNS
May 14, 2024
Salmon fry released into upper Perrinville Creek
Posted: April 28, 2024
Link to My Edmonds News article
EPA designates 2 forever chemicals as hazardous substances, eligible for Superfund cleanup
By MATTHEW DALY
The Associated Press
April 19, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action intended to ensure quicker cleanup of the toxic compounds and require industries and others responsible for contamination to pay for its removal.
Continue reading “EPA designates 2 forever chemicals as hazardous substances, eligible for Superfund cleanup”Council approves city code regarding critical aquifer recharge areas, hears fire service options
Posted: April 17, 2024
Link to My Edmonds News article
Two major pieces of business before the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night were whether to approve a city code amendment regarding critical aquifer recharge areas (CARAs) and to learn more about the city’s options for fire and emergency medical services.
Continue reading “Council approves city code regarding critical aquifer recharge areas, hears fire service options”Washington will move to tougher federal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in tap water
By: Bill Lucia
Washington State Standard
April 10, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the rules Wednesday. The state established a program targeting the hazardous chemicals in drinking water in 2021.
Washington regulators will adopt a drinking water standard the federal government issued Wednesday that’s meant to limit people’s exposure to a class of harmful chemicals used for decades in firefighting foam and manufacturing.
Continue reading “Washington will move to tougher federal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in tap water”WA’s public water systems would need $1.6 billion for initial PFAS cleanup, state officials say
By Isabella Breda and Manuel Villa
April 10, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency announced the first national drinking water standard for six so-called forever chemicals Wednesday, a change that could cost Washington public water utilities an estimated $1.6 billion, according to state officials.
Reader view: Time to speak up about the city’s Comprehensive Plan process
By Joe Scordino
Posted: March 17, 2024
Do the citizens of Edmonds really want changes made to the city’s Comprehensive Plan (which dictates municipal operations in the city) so that we become known as “Edmonds – Where the Sewer Meets the Sea”?
Continue reading “Reader view: Time to speak up about the city’s Comprehensive Plan process”Feb. 13: Online meeting to provide update on Unocal Edmonds cleanup site
Posted: February 10, 2024