By Jack Mayne At Thursday night’s (June 5) Des Moines City Council study session, lawmakers heard from aviation consultants the city has hired to help steer the city through increases in aviation traffic noise and pollution affecting Des Moines and the other Sea-Tac Airport concerned participants, Burien, SeaTac and Normandy Park. The consultants’ major point
The ‘flight shame’ issue comes home to Rick Steves
Rick Steves, the Edmonds travel guru, plans to pay a million dollars a year to make up for the carbon emissions linked to his travel business. (Don Ryan / AP) By Danny Westneat Seattle Times columnist Rick Steves is in a bit of a conundrum. One that not even a million bucks is likely to
Contrails Are Air Travel’s Dirty Secret
A new German Aerospace Center study says the clouds formed in the wake of planes have an impact on the climate that’s not being properly addressed. Air travel is predicted to increase in the coming years, the exhaust from planes filling more of our skies with clouds known as contrails. These clouds are largely unaccounted
Poor neighborhood endures worst LAX noise but is left out of home soundproofing program
By Doug Smith May 31, 2019 | 8:10 PM Inglewood spent millions of dollars in public funds to soundproof middle-class areas of the city while bypassing one of the poorest neighborhoods where the roar from the Los Angeles International Airport flight path is loudest, according to a Times data analysis. Over the last several decades,
Commerce selects Stantec Consulting for a SeaTac Airport impact study
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington Department of Commerce announced that Stantec Consulting Services Inc. has been selected to complete a study of the ongoing impacts of growing operations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The department put out a competitive request for proposals for the project in March. Stantec is a global firm with 250 offices across
H.R. 3001: To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency
H.R. 3001: To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. Sponsor and status Introduced: May 23, 2019 Status: Introduced on May 23, 2019 This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on May 23, 2019. It will
Novel cardiovascular risk factors: air pollution, air temperature, pain, and sleep duration
For the podcast associated with this article, please visit https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/pages/Podcasts. Traditionally, we have used age, gender, body mass index, blood pressure, lipids, smoking, and diabetes to assess cardiovascular (CV) risk. However, up until recently, the CV risk provided by environemental hazards such as pollution,1–3 noise,4–6 temperature,7 sleep duration8, and air quality,9,10 among others, have been
Adam Smith Testimony Highlighting Effects of Aviation Noise and Emissions
Congressman Adam Smith submitted written testimony to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, highlighting the effects of aviation noise and emissions for residents in communities around airports. In the 115th Congress, Rep. Smith introduced the Aviation Impacted Communities Act, legislation that designates communities under flight paths as “aviation impacted”. That legislation codifies into law, a
S46 TRACON Weather Briefing
This page gives industry professionals information on the current regional weather within the boundaries of the SEA S46 TRACON. https://www.weather.gov/zse/OLv6?&ln=-122.135<=47.395&zm=9.25&obs=10&bndry=1&jetrte=1&rangerings=KSEA,50
Emissions from planes and ships: facts and figures (infographic)
Greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation have more than doubled over the past two decades, while those from shipping have also increased. Check out our infographics. Although international aviation and shipping each account for less than 3.5% of the EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions, they have been the fastest growing sources of emissions that contribute