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2025-12-17Washington’s biggest polluter ordered to keep burning coal by Trump administration
News & Stories Environment John Ryan TransAlta’s Centralia power plant emits steam and carbon dioxide on March 6, 2024. Courtesy Jeremy Long/WITF Two weeks before Washington State’s biggest source of climate pollution was required to end its five decades of burning coal, the Trump administration has given it a new lease on life. Energy Secretary -
2025-12-14Port Package map updated for new federal legislation
Tool now shows eligibility proposal by install date We’ve updated our Port Packages mapped tool with an important Install Date filter to show which properties may be eligible under the recently passed federal pilot program. What Section 8801 means for you As we reported last week, Congressman Adam Smith and Senator Patty Murray succeeded in -
2025-12-12Pilot program for sound insulation repair and replacement passes in Defense bill
Smith/Murray provide funding. And so many loopholes. The House of Representatives has passed its mandated National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. Near the end of the bill is Section 8801, language previously put forward by Congressman Adam Smith WA-9 to allow the FAA to provide grant funding for updates to existing sound insulation -
2025-12-11The Navigator
Alaska Air CEO Ben Minicucci named Executive Of The Year By Nick Pasion – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Dec 11, 2025 Story Highlights What’s This? Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci completed the $1.9 billion Hawaiian Airlines acquisition in September 2024. The merger enables Alaska to compete globally with international routes. Minicucci also played a central role -
2025-12-09
Commercial Aviation Work Group (CAWG) December 9, 2025
Transcript 0:00 All right, good morning everyone. Uh, thank you for joining the commercial aviation workg groupoup meeting. Workg 0:05 groupoup members and members of the public, please be sure to sign in at the appropriate signage sheets near the door. There is one sheet for members and 0:12 another for the public. For members -
2025-12-09Commercial Aviation Workgroup Meeting (Boeing Field)
Public hybrid meeting at Boeing Field located at 6526 Ellis Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108. Zoom Registration for those who cannot attend in person -
2025-12-09Port of Seattle Commission Regular Meeting
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 4. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY 5. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S -
2025-12-09Burien, Des Moines, and SeaTac File Joint Petition for Review of FAA Decision
Posted on 12/09/2025 On September 26, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed their National Environmental Policy Act review of the Port of Seattle’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) Near-Term Projects. Based on the review, the FAA approved a Final Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD) for 31 proposed -
2025-12-08Cities appeal Sea-Tac airport expansion plans, including new terminal
Daily operations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times) By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter The cities of Burien, Des Moines and SeaTac are challenging the Port of Seattle’s long-term vision for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The three cities filed a petition for judicial review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s -
2025-12-08Des Moines Airport Advisory Committee Meeting
Item 2. StART MEETING UPDATE Item 3. SAMP UPDATE Item 4. COMPLAINTS/COMMUNICATIONS Item 5. COMMITTEE WORKPLAN/FORMAT