Sustainable aviation fuels aren’t the answer; flying less is

By Laura Gibbons and Brandon Bowersox-Johnson Special to The Seattle Times Despite The Seattle Times’ editorial board’s enthusiasm for sustainable aviation fuels, SAF remain a dangerous fantasy. If we buy into this myth, we will continue expanding air travel instead of what we actually must do: significantly reduce flights until real solutions are in place.

UW study shows Seattle’s historically redlined communities have worse air quality

By Isabella Breda  Seattle Times staff reporter As Seattleites awoke to a hazy concoction of wildfire and Fourth of July firework smoke Wednesday morning, a new study dropped, revealing that some neighborhoods in the city are regularly subject to worse air pollution, reflective of historic racist policies. Those neighborhoods, according to research published Wednesday from the University of Washington,

Sea-Tac Airport expects traffic records to fall this summer

Passengers bustle through the C Concourse at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where peak travel season is getting underway. The airport forecasts it will top traffic records “several times throughout the summer.” ANTHONY BOLANTE | PSBJ By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jun 26, 2023 Updated Jun 26, 2023 6:43pm PDT   Listen to this article3 min