We used a professional sound meter the din of daily life and talked to scientists about the health risks it can pose. Emily Baumgaertner, Jason Kao, Eleanor Lutz, Josephine Sedgwick, Rumsey Taylor, Noah Throop and Josh WilliamsJune 9, 2023 On a spring afternoon in Bankers Hill, San Diego, the soundscape is serene: Sea breeze rustles through the trees, and neighbors chat pleasantly
Alaska Airlines underway on ‘single largest construction project’ in its history
By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK) is underway on over a half-billion dollars’ worth of improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that will alter the way passengers check into their flights. The project, dubbed SEA Gateway, is the single largest construction project in Alaska’s history, said Shane Jones, vice president of
EPA Gets Sued Over Lack of Noise Pollution Regulation
COURT: D.D.C. TRACK DOCKET: No. 1:23-cv-01649 The US Environmental Protection Agency shirked its duties to enforce the Noise Control Act, resulting in nationwide noise pollution, a new federal lawsuit alleged. Quiet Communities Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to reducing noise pollution, sued the agency Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The group alleges
Seattle’s 5 largest tech employers agree: It’s return-to-office time
When several hundred Seattle Amazon.com Inc. employees staged a walkout on May 31, it was in part over the company’s stricter return-to-office policy that went into effect at the beginning of May. Its requirement that employees work in the office three days a week meant Amazon’s 65,000-employee local corporate and tech workforce have had to resume
Busted: 5 tricks the aviation industry plays on us to appear green
Herwig Schuster 1 June 2022 • 7 min read Airlines around the globe have been vying with each other on who has the greenest and shiniest announcements recently. British Airways made headlines with its plan to use sustainable aviation fuel on a commercial scale, Air France claimed to aim for a 12% cut in emissions by 2030, and Ryanair has
Boeing CEO Calhoun offers hints of next new airplane
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Ahead of the Paris Air Show later this month, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun this week expressed confidence in the jetmaker’s path to recovery and its ability to catch up with rival Airbus. Speaking in North Charleston, South Carolina, he also made comments about Boeing’s next all-new airplane that
Delta Air Lines hit with lawsuit over claims of carbon neutrality
By ED DAVEY The Associated Press A consumer class action lawsuit filed Tuesday claims Delta Air Lines inaccurately billed itself as the world’s “first carbon-neutral airline” and should pay damages. The complaint in federal court in California alleges the airline relied on carbon offsets that were largely bogus. Companies around the world buy carbon credits
Seatac Airport A Better Neighbor Now In Spite Of Embattled Past, Former Adversaries Say
In the 1970s, residents near the flight paths headed into and out of SeaTac Airport and its two runways complained to the Port of Seattle that the constant movement of jets overhead posed a serious disruption to life and a hazard to health. Now, almost 50 years on, with a larger airport, newer planes and
How a little more silence in children’s lives helps them grow
NPR LA Johnson A group of small children sits cross-legged with their teacher, Steve Mejía-Menendez, on a round carpet. He’s a pre-K teacher at Lee Montessori Public Charter School’s campus in Southeast Washington, D.C., and although I’m here to meet him, I almost don’t spot him because he’s eye level with his students. Mr. Steve,
Meet a few of the 23,329 people who keep Sea-Tac Airport humming 24/7
By Erik Lacitis Seattle Times staff reporter IF YOU’RE AN ADULT in Western Washington, there’s a 50/50 chance that you flew out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 2022. The specific statistic for this region is 2.4 million adults, or 54%, according to the market research firm Nielsen Scarborough. So, yes: Sea-Tac is a very familiar