Ian Millhiser/June 21, 2019 The conservative justices signaled they want to limit agencies’ ability to regulate. That could have disastrous consequences for the planet. Nearly four decades ago, Anne Gorsuch Burford resigned as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Though at the helm for less than two years, she left behind a notorious anti-environment
Long Island: FAA postpones change intended to provide aircraft noise relief
Updated: Jun 20, 2019 3:21 PM PDT ALBERTSON – The Federal Aviation Administration has postponed a change that was intended to alleviate aircraft noise. U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi announced a deal Monday with the FAA that would require planes to stay at higher altitudes over Long Island. But just a few days later, the agency
Flying taxis will bring traffic jams to the sky
When Rick Deckard, the hero of the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner, gazes down at a futuristic Los Angeles from a flying police car, a Pan Am sign shines on one of the towers. It is a nod to the helicopter service from the old Pan Am airline building in Manhattan to John F
The Real Cost of Your Cheap Flights to Berlin
Campaign groups reckon that if plane fuel was taxed properly, it could help to reverse the cuts to legal aid, disability benefits, employ 5,000 more nurses and build ten new hospitals every year. Photo: Jamie Clifton In the middle of the Polish plains, about 200km southwest of Warsaw, sits the sprawling hulk of the Belchatow
Des Moines, other cities, hire consultant to seek ways to control airport noise
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