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05/02/2017 By Lindsay Peyton Gasps emanated from the crowd gathered at the Quiet Skies Puget Sound community forum when lawyer Steve Edmiston projected one of the first slides of his presentation. He showed a map published by the Environmental Projection Agency, followed by an alarming statistic, placing Des Moines’ Mount Rainier High School in the

News from the City of Burien 04/16/2017 On April 13, 2017, the City of Burien received a letter from the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) stating they would be ceasing the North Flow flight patterns over Burien. The North Flow flight corridor, also known as the “New Route,” has caused significant noise impacts to Burien parks,

By Joel Connelly, SEATTLEPI.COM Mar 20, 2017|Updated Mar 21, 2017 4:21 p.m. An abandoned 496-foot-tall cooling power of Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) nuclear plant at Satsop.  State Sen. King Lysen, early critic of the WPPSS nuclear program, died last week.  WPPSS had to abandon four of its five reactors, at various stages of construction.  Lysen

https://waterlandblog.com/2017/03/03/city-council-considers-future-of-wasson-property-at-des-moines-marina/ By Jack Mayne When longtime Des Moines Councilmember Donald Wasson died a year ago he left his waterfront property located at the entrance to Beach Park to the city and now City Council and staff are working to figure out whether to continue it as a rental house or making other plans. City Manager Michael

North Terminal will gain 201,000 sq. ft.; Dining and shopping areas will expand 02/03/2017 Officials from the Port of Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport broke ground on Feb. 3 on a multi-million dollar project that will expand and update much of the facility’s aging North Satellite plus double the dining and shopping areas. More than 201,000

02/02/2017 By Gwen Davis It has begun: the Port of Seattle started cutting down trees. Nearly 3,000 trees will be removed from SeaTac and surrounding areas by 2018. During this first phase of the project, the Port will cut trees on Port of Seattle property only. It will last until March 1. Replanting efforts —

01/31/2017 By Gwen Davis Worried about the future of nearly 3,000 trees in SeaTac and surrounding areas? On Feb. 1, the Port of Seattle will hold another open house to discuss their tree-cutting plans, known as the “Airport Flight Corridor Safety Program”. The community has anxiously been hearing about the Port’s tree-cutting project over the past several months.

The Port of Seattle’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) is wading through a process to plan for airport growth for passenger and cargo service at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport over the next 20 years. The plan looks at what types of actions should be taken to accommodate and mitigate growth of airport operations. The Port of

01/24/2017 SEATTLE – Join Port of Seattle staff at the third Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Flight Corridor Safety Program open house, February 1, from 6 – 8 p.m. at SeaTac Community Center, 13735 24th Ave. S. in SeaTac. The Port of Seattle’s Flight Corridor Safety Program and Replanting Plan replaces over-height trees with native, low-growing trees

Examining the impact of ultra-fine particles in airport communities 12/27/2016 by Clara McMichael Citing a need for a study regarding air quality and related health concerns in the communities surrounding the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac), Rep. Tina Orwall called a meeting that brought together representatives from federal, state, and local government as well as the Port