The FAA allows Americans to be exposed to unsafe levels of aircraft noise

Nov 8, 2022 | 183rd Meeting, Lay Language Paper, Noise, Psychological and Physiological Acoustics Daniel Fink – djfink01@aol.com Twitter: @QuietCoalition Board Chair, The Quiet Coalition 60 Thoreau Street Concord, MA 01742 United States The Quiet Coalition is a program of Quiet Communities, Inc., Lincoln, MA, USA Popular version of 4aNS8-The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allows Americans to be exposed to

Airport Taxiway Markings Explained

Foggy Line Up and Wait Runway 5 credit: Pixabay It may surprise an aviation outsider to learn this, but airports are among the most challenging places for pilots to navigate. Planes are built to fly, and operating them on the ground isn’t always easy. They don’t have great visibility, they don’t turn around fast, and

Identifying Overburdened Communities

Introduction The Climate Commitment Act requires Ecology to create a Cap & Invest program to lower greenhouse gas emissions across the state. Additionally, the  Climate Commitment Act  requires us to identify “ overburdened communities  highly impacted by air pollution,” and make sure that this program reduces a class of pollutants called  “criteria” air pollutants , as well

Why Seattle needs to start taking wildfire smoke more seriously

1 of 2 | Feven Breuner, 14, was taken to Seattle Children’s hospital several times since September due to asthma and respiratory issues exacerbated by wildfire smoke. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times) Skip Ad By Naomi Ishisaka Seattle Times columnist Feven Breuner just wants to breathe. That’s not been easy the past couple of months for the

Mid-terms: Some Seats Matter More

The U.S. mid-term congressional elections this November will determine which party controls Congress during the next year’s FAA reauthorization process. Republicans are bullish on retaking both the House of Representatives and Senate, while Democrats are fighting hard to protect their razor-thin majorities. That’s the big picture. Of the 536 total congressional seats (including D.C.’s non-voting delegate…more