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2026-02-24
Governor’s Interagency Council on Health Disparities Meeting
Afternoon session features presentation from UWDEOHS Dr. Elena Austin: Community Education: Keeping Your Family Safe—Lead in Aviation Fuel -
2026-02-24
Port of Seattle Regular Commission Meeting February 24, 2026
ORDER OF BUSINESS 10:30 a.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION If necessary, pursuant to RCW 42.30.110 (executive sessions are not open to the public) 12:00 p.m. – PUBLIC SESSION Reconvene or Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance 3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Commissioners may reorder, add, or remove items from the agenda -
2026-02-23
EPA criminal sanctions align with area’s wealth, not pollution
New research finds that when federal regulators bring their toughest enforcement actions, it tends to be in counties with more wealth, not more pollution (photo by kodda on iStock). PULLMAN, Wash. — When the federal government brings its toughest environmental enforcement actions against polluters, they tend to be in communities of greater wealth, not the -
2026-02-21Ep #23 SB6240 Emergency Episode
After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does. -
2026-02-19When Federal environmental maps go dark
The benefits and consequences for airport communities In January 2025, the Trump administration began removing content from federal websites following Executive Order 14151. The order directed all government agencies to terminate DEI and environmental justice–related programs. These include environmental justice and climate mapping using a nationally consistent dataset for evaluating the socioeconomic impacts of airports. -
Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
Explore the map Share data feedback Census tracts that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution are highlighted as being disadvantaged on the map. Federally Recognized Tribes, including Alaska Native Villages, are considered disadvantaged communities, whether or not they have land. Zooming in and selecting shows information about each census tract. Get the data -
2026-02-17Burien Airport Committee
SAMP Appeal Update, Port of Seattle's South King County Community Impact Fund Grant Awards, North of NERA Rezone presentation for March -
EJScreen Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (Version 2.3)
This is an 1unofficial copy of EJScreen hosted by the Public Environmental Data Partners. Some links and text may incorrectly suggest that this site is affiliated with the US Government. The EJScreen Tool was an EPA web application taken down in January of 2025 as part of Executive Order 14151. It was described as “an -
2026-02-12Trump’s EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the Republican president to roll back climate regulations. The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government -
2026-02-12Trump’s EPA Rollbacks Will Reverberate for ‘Decades’
The EPA’s repeal of a cornerstone climate rule is part of an aggressive agenda whose effects will outlast the president President Donald Trump is shrinking the Environmental Protection Agency more quickly and aggressively than ever before, culminating in last week’s move to rescind the crucial “endangerment finding” underpinning key regulations of planet-warming pollution. And unlike