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Boxed in by loud vehicles, plane traffic, and their fumes, its residents just want to breathe easy. By Hayat Norimine 12/19/2017 at 8:00am Published in the January 2018 issue of Seattle Met From the rain-soaked garden where a Spanish-speaking mother and her children sat on an early November morning, whiffs of rose and lavender reached

Plans for Expanding SeaTac Leave Me Scratching My Head by Scott MackenzieLast updated December 18, 2017 I’m not an airport manager, architect, or anyone qualified to determine the best way to build an airport. But some of the plans for expanding Seattle’s airport strike me as especially odd. The problem is the port authority believes passenger

The 3-year transition period for state and local governments to come into compliance with the FAA’s Policy Concerning the Use of Airport Revenues; Proceeds from Taxes on Aviation Fuel; expired on December 8, 2017. The FAA will consider extension of the compliance date on a case by case basis for good cause. Read the Reminder of

By Jack Mayne After weeks of discussion, haggling and worry over the continuing and growing effects of the increasing impacts of Sea-Tac Airport on the thousands of SeaTac city residents who live next to and under the runways, the City and Port of Seattle have reached an agreement (download PDF here). Both SeaTac City Manager Joe Scorcio and

The attorney general of Maryland announced Tuesday that Kaplan Kirsch and Rockwell has been chosen to pursue action against the Federal Aviation Administration over its NextGen flight paths over Baltimore-Washington International, Thurgood Marshall Airport and Reagan National Airport.

Educating Voters Environmental Priorities Coalition Lobby & Advocacy A series on protecting all communities from dangerous pollution. For 50 years, Washington Environmental Council has set our sights on a cleaner, brighter future and charted a path to get there. In 1988, WEC campaigned to pass Initiative 97 (commonly called the Model Toxics Control Act or

By Jack Mayne Des Moines city government is questioning a large new traveler holding room at the south end of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport because city residents are constantly challenged by noise and health impacts. The Port of Seattle had said the facility was a not a significant structure, but the city objects and wants more

City of Burien and Port of Seattle officials joined executives of Western Distribution Services at a ribbon cutting last week for the new facility near the airport. A Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening was held today welcoming Western Distribution Services, LLC at their new 241,140 square foot cold storage facility located in the Northeast Redevelopment

By Lindsay Peyton The Port of Seattle selected the Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden as the site to make a special announcement, launching a $1 million program to fund environmental projects in communities around the Sea-Tac Airport, on the morning of Tuesday, June 20. The public green space, located at 13735 24th Ave S, was created

for use by turboprop planes The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting an analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to determine the environmental effects of a westerly heading for turboprop aircraft departing from Runway 34 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). The heading would only be used when the airport is landing and departing