Posted: April 28, 2024
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Salmon fry released into upper Perrinville Creek
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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
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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
Reader view: Protecting our drinking water supply
Posted: November 27, 2023
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Has growth become more important than clean drinking water? Our government has a duty to protect us and especially our children, the elderly, and other vulnerable groups from exposure to polluted water sources. Clean water is finite and precious. We should not be reluctant to protect it.
Continue reading “Reader view: Protecting our drinking water supply”Edmonds Marsh volunteers conclude their restoration work for the year
Posted: October 5, 2023
Reader view: Can we stop the demise of Edmonds salmon streams?
By Joe Scordino
Posted: August 26, 2023
First it was Perrinville Creek and now it is Shell Creek that is losing its natural functions and salmon habitat — this time because of neglect and inaction by city administration in Edmonds’ Yost Park.
In the case of Perrinville Creek, the loss of salmon is due to both inaction to implement a watershed restoration plan (as promised by Mayor Nelson in a press release over two years ago), and an apparent illegal action the city took in January 2021 to totally block salmon access to Perrinville Creek.
Continue reading “Reader view: Can we stop the demise of Edmonds salmon streams?”City council set March 28 to discuss Edmonds housing growth targets, document guiding Unocal property purchase
Posted: March 26, 2023
Saving Washington’s salmon from toxic tire dust
Department of Ecology
January 25, 2023
We are taking action to reduce 6PPD-quinone, a chemical that is deadly to coho salmon
For over 20 years, scientists faced a toxic mystery: coho salmon returning to urban streams and rivers in the Puget Sound region were dying before they could lay their eggs. The culprit was unknown, but it seemed linked to toxic chemicals running off our roads and highways.
Continue reading “Saving Washington’s salmon from toxic tire dust”Understanding blue carbon
By Michon Scott AND Rebecca Lindsey Reviewed By Zac Cannizzo, Janine Harris, Veronica Lance, AND Alec Shub
NOAA
Published September 29, 2022
Blue carbon refers to carbon dioxide that is absorbed from the atmosphere and stored in the ocean. “Blue” refers to the watery nature of this storage.
Continue reading “Understanding blue carbon”Letter to the editor: Change Unocal property zoning to protect Edmonds Marsh
Posted: September 20, 2022
Editor:
It is my understanding that the Unocal property is currently zoned MP2. I would like to urge the City Council to change that zoning and designate the property to be used for public use land. It would be very sad to see such a wonderful property, situated next to the marsh and the beach, turned into a housing development, even if it were to include low-cost housing. Due to its proximity to the marsh and coastline, maintaining the open, pristine nature of this land is crucial to the long-term preservation of the quality of the marsh.
Continue reading “Letter to the editor: Change Unocal property zoning to protect Edmonds Marsh”Reader view: Community volunteers dig in to restore Edmonds Marsh
By Joe Scordino
Posted: September 17, 2022
After 500 hours of hard labor on 18 days this summer, over 50 community volunteers relished in their success in restoring stream flows in the Edmonds Marsh that had been blocked by chain-link fencing and a huge, spreading mass of an invasive plant called bittersweet nightshade.
Continue reading “Reader view: Community volunteers dig in to restore Edmonds Marsh”