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by Joel Moreno, KOMO News Reporter TOPICS: DES MOINES, Wash. — Four open houses have been held already, but city officials in Des Moines are hosting one more opportunity for the public to give feedback on the Port of Seattle’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). The SAMP outlines the growth strategy for the airport and

In a significant ruling, the D.C. Circuit in Marin Audubon Society v. Federal Aviation Administration held that the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) lacks the statutory authority to issue binding regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).1 The decision calls into question the legal basis for key aspects of NEPA compliance, including the use

by Nate Raymond November 26, 20243:00 PM PST Alaska Air Group (ALK.N) and Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) have lost their bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that emissions from their aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are responsible for a deadly mixture of toxic pollution. U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle on Monday rejected the

John Ryan November 22, 2024 / 10:29 am Morning commute traffic is shown on the West Seattle bridge on Monday, September 19, 2022, in Seattle. The bridge reopened over the weekend after a two and a half year closure. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer Though up-to-date information is hard to come by, energy use and climate-altering pollution appear to

ByMike Merritt November 21, 2024 The Port of Seattle is taking the next critical steps toward what will be Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s last major expansion before it runs out of room. On Oct. 31, the Port published the federal environmental assessment of its Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), which analyzes the impacts and potential mitigation

by Stuart Jenner The Port of Seattle has recently sponsored open houses about the “Sustainable” Airport Master Plan for Seatac (SAMP). At the open houses, held in Federal Way, Des Moines, and Burien, 20 or more port employees, joined by at least four consultants who flew in from Ohio, staffed 30 easels holding slides that

By Fred Felleman and Hamdi Mohamed Special to The Seattle Times The Seattle Tacoma International Airport is the nation’s fastest-growing airport of its size with over 400,000 flights carrying 50.8 million passengers in 2023. As a result, it continues to undergo extensive renovations that create jobs to build and operate the new facilities. Less obvious

  FMeredith Li-Vollmer Leer en Español We’re learning that some chemicals found in common household products are alarmingly toxic. This is the first comic in a series about a group of chemicals known as “Forever Chemicals” or PFAS, short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. These chemicals are used in a wide variety of every-day products

By  Gemma Wilson Seattle Times arts and culture writer Most of the time, riding an airport escalator gets you from point A to point B while offering a break from hauling suitcases or a chance to triple-check your airline ticket. But if you’re riding the escalator up into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s bright, newly renovated N

By  SETH BORENSTEIN Updated 8:07 AM PST, November 7, 2024 Carbon pollution from private jets has soared in the past five years, with most of those small planes spewing more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in about two hours of flying than the average person does in about a year, a new study finds. About a quarter million of the