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Scientists agree that restoring abundant Chinook salmon populations statewide is the highest priority for our orca to survive and thrive. It’s a top priority for Sierra Club in this year’s legislative session. Here is what’s happening, and how you...

Sierra Club is honored to award the 2019 Watershed Hero Award to the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. The Tribe is a recognized civic leader, having donated $17 million during the past two decades through its charitable fund to support environmental...

On February 13, Brittney Bollay from Sierra Club Seattle Group testified in support of SB5812, the Senate version of  Washington's 2019 Accessory Dwelling Unit Bill: “This is a crucial bill and ADUs are a critical climate strategy. They give...

The Sierra Club is part of the Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) Coalition, a coalition of multimodal transportation and climate advocates dedicated to creating a carbon-neutral, equitable, and livable city for all. These changes are often seen as...

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...