The State of Washington and its Environment
In Washington, NWEA has been involved in protecting human health and the environment since its inception in 1969, when we opposed the licensing of nuclear power plants across the state in proceedings before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). We have worked to protect the Columbia River from toxic pollution and harmful dredging. We have worked to ensure the completion of water pollution clean-up plans and for water quality standards that protect people, fish, and wildlife. We have worked to enforce the Clean Water Act to clean up the pollution and habitat degradation of Puget Sound and coastal watersheds. We have worked to control pollution from municipal and industrial discharges and from farm runoff. We brought about the installation of pollution controls on the Centralia Coal Plant, at that time the largest single source of sulphur dioxide west of the Mississippi.
