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• Senate Capital Budget Misses Key Opportunities for Investment in Washington (April 10, 2013)
• WA Climate Action Bill Passes State Legislature (March 25, 2013)
• Sierra Club Statement On Senate Budget Proposal Introduced by Senator Patty Murray (March 13, 2013)
• WA Climate Action Bill Passes State Senate (March 13, 2013)
• Puget Sound Energy in Federal Court for Major Coal Pollution Violations (March 7, 2013)
• Coal-Free PSE Campaign Delivers 8,000 Signatures and Unveils Bold New Media Buy (August 1, 2012)
• Puget Sound Energy's Montana Coal Plant Violating Air Pollution Laws: Conservation Groups to Initiate Major Lawsuit (July 26, 2012)
• WA Dept of Ecology Takes Action to Weaken Climate Pollution Laws (May 23, 2012)
• Citizens Call On State to Protect Parks, Block Ski Area Expansion at Mt. Spokane: May 29th Is the Deadline for Public Comment (May 23, 2012)
• The Sierra Club Launches "Coal-Free Puget Sound Energy" Campaign (April 19, 2012)
• The Sierra Club Endorses Jay Inslee for Governor of Washington State (January 30, 2012)
• Judge Orders State and Regional Air Agencies to Regulate Climate Change Pollution From Big Oil (December 2, 2011)
• Environmental Groups Take Action to Reduce Oil Companies’ Climate Pollution (August 24, 2010)
• 200 People Join Hands at Golden Gardens Beach (June 26, 2010)
• Big Oil Bailout Blocked in Senate (June 10, 2010)
• Youth Nationwide Get Outside and Celebrate Nature (March 31, 2010)
• Sierra Club Applauds State Senate for Repeal of Coal Plant Subsidy and Is Troubled With Statement From Governor’s Office (March 25, 2010)
• Alpine Lakes Wilderness and Rivers Bill Passes U.S. House of Representatives (March 19, 2010)
• Port Susan Shellfish Safe for First Time in Decades (March 9, 2010)
• Last Chance Missed for Transit Tax (March 8, 2010)
• EPA Gives Bellingham $350,000 Grant for Climate Change Project (March 3, 2010)
• New Guidance On Climate Change to Improve National Environmental Policy Act (February 18, 2010)
• Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to State's Municipal Water Law (January 11, 2010)
• Goldmark Designates Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area (NRCA) (December 8, 2009)
• Department of Natural Resources Begins Restoration and Trail Construction in Reiter Foothills Forest (October 24, 2009)
• Washington and Oregon Must Keep Moving Forward to a Clean Energy Future (August 13, 2009)
• Roadless Forests Win in Court -- Decision Reinstates Most of National Rule Opposed by Bush, Timber Lobbyists (August 12, 2009)
• No New Dams in Yakima River Basin (July 15, 2009)
• DNR to Close Some ORV Trails in Reiter Foothills (June 25, 2009)
• 2000 Turn Out for EPA Rally! (May 26, 2009)
• Endorsement Request 2009 Deadline: May 1 (April 9, 2009)
• Senate Passes Bill Weakening State Renewable Energy Standards (March 11, 2009)
• Praise for Obama Plans On Fuel Economy (January 27, 2009)
• Sierra Club Calls for Transportation Plan With Less Global Warming (May 16, 2007)
• Sierra Club Releases Vision of RTID Highway Building Plan (May 14, 2007)
• Wild Sky Bill Introduced at Last! (March 14, 2007)
• Be Cool—Protect Our Climate and Communities (February 12, 2007)
• Seattle and Sierra Club Lead on Climate Change (May 24, 2006)
• Bankruptcy Loophole Costs Taxpayers Billions in Toxic Cleanup Costs (April 11, 2006)
• Phosphate Ban Clears Major Hurdle (February 15, 2006)
• Largest Mercury Testing Project Puts Spotlight on Proposed Kalama Power Plant (February 8, 2006)
• Sierra Club Launches Radio Ads, Outreach to Call On Governors Gregoire, Kulongoski for Leadership in Recovering Salmon (December 14, 2005)
• Sierra Club Names UW Tacoma Campus Among America's Best Development Projects (November 30, 2005)
• Voters Reaffirm Environmental Values, Reject Sprawl; Sierra Club Volunteers Contribute More Than 2,000 Hours to Help Secure Wins (November 16, 2005)
• Groups Ask Reichert to Vote for WA, Against Upcoming Federal Budget Bill; Cite Bill’s Harm to Washington Residents and Arctic (November 3, 2005)
• Conservationists, Governor Share Common Goal of Full Protection of Washington’s Roadless Areas (November 2, 2005)
• Sierra Club Endorses Healthy Indoor Air Initiative 901 (May 23, 2005)
• Sierra Club Applauds Passage of Clean Cars Bill (April 14, 2005)
• Sierra Club Launches Environmental Communities Program (April 8, 2005)
• Sierra Club Supports I-90 Upgrades (March 17, 2005)