Each year, Washington Conservation Voters names a Legislator of the Year: a legislator who showed up as an environmental champion by going above and beyond during the most recent legislative session. This year, WCV is honored to announce Representative Davina Duerr of the 1st Legislative District as WCV’s 2022 Legislator of the Year! We… More >
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We invite you to join us in setting the intention to show gratitude, humility, and solidarity in standing with Indigenous peoples across our state throughout the year and through our lives. READ MORE >
Nearly 60% of Washington voters support a plan to remove the lower Snake River dams to prevent salmon extinction that also includes investments in clean energy, transportation for farm products, and irrigation. READ MORE >
Are your elected officials making good decisions for our communities and environment? Find a local town hall and let them know what they should be prioritizing! READ MORE >
Gasworks Park, photo by Hsuanya Tsai During this time of reckoning with our country’s racist history, it’s important for all of us to look at our own history and understand what role each of us have played in creating and upholding systems of oppression and institutional racism. Here at the Washington Conservation Voters,… More >
Stand with Governor Inslee: Help elect environmental champions that hold our Washington values. READ MORE >
We reviewed DNR’s past year to determine where there has been success and where more work is needed. READ MORE >
A new draft environmental analysis evaluates the greenhouse gas impacts of the world’s largest fracked gas-to-methanol refinery, proposed in Kalama, Washington. READ MORE >
To more closely collaborate with WEC, we created two new positions: Chief Policy Officer and Chief Campaigns Officer READ MORE >
With an unprecedented public health and economic crisis underway at the local, state, and federal levels, we must prioritize protecting people, not provide a clear giveaway to corporate polluters. READ MORE >
Census data and science tell us that, more than income or geography, race is still the number one indicator of whether a person will live near contaminated air, water, and soil. Washington is no stranger to these disparities. READ MORE >