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Between 1955 and 1970, the United States passed five laws to monitor and regulate the country’s air pollution. Each act built upon the last and, in 1970, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, which established guidelines for “safe” levels of ambient air pollution, some of which are still used today. But a new study suggests those standards

By  Dominic Gates  Seattle Times aerospace reporter Under intense political pressure, the aviation industry has set itself a daunting challenge to decarbonize flying by 2050 and laid out a road map to get there through technological innovation. For environmentalists, especially in Europe, that prolonged switch to clean energy technology is not good enough. “It takes

Editor’s note: This story is continually updated with new information. Last year, a pair of senators proposed new federal legislation that has the potential to significantly alter — if not completely eliminate — the world of credit cards that we know today. Today, they reintroduced the Credit Card Competition Act — with additional support from

By KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS Bloomberg As tranquil instrumental music plays over gauzy images of nature, a woman’s voice-over begins. “Isn’t it a paradox,” she wonders aloud, “that the love for this world that gets us out in it, sometimes leaves behind the things that can harm it? Flight by flight, we broaden our views. We gain

By  Adam Smith  and  Hamdi Mohamed Special to The Seattle Times For the first time in five years, Congress is working its way through the reauthorization process for the Federal Aviation Administration.  It is imperative that Congress uses this opportunity to better incorporate the voices of communities affected by aviation in the federal aviation system.

The next stage of getting workers back at their desks includes incentives like $10 to the charity of their choice — and consequences like poor performance evaluations if they don’t make the trek in. For 10 days, Salesforce is giving a $10 charitable donation per day on behalf of any employee who comes into the

By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter PARIS — Airbus and Boeing are each helping with tests of a radical new engine design with an open fan being developed by CFM International, making it a prime candidate to power the next generation of all new airplanes in the mid-to-late 2030s. The new engine with a

  By  Dominic Gates  Seattle Times aerospace reporter Gov. Jay Inslee, burnishing his environmental credentials, will speak at the Paris Air Show Monday and Tuesday about Washington state’s lead role promoting sustainable aviation in the response to climate change. He’ll have the attention of industry leaders in Paris, including Airbus and Boeing, who are increasingly

By  Julie Johnsson Bloomberg Boeing Co. predicts airlines around the world will add 42,595 jets valued at about $8 trillion over the next two decades, even as concerns over climate change affect the way consumers travel. The U.S. plane-maker’s latest tally of industrywide deliveries over the next 20 years takes into account growing activism over

118th CONGRESS BILLS-118hr4178ih To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sponsors Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Cárdenas, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Sarbanes) introduced the following bill; which