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2025-12-07Ep #16 This Will Never End
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. -
2025-12-01Garden below Sea-Tac Airport’s flight paths thrives as its community grows
By Tantri Wija Special to The Seattle Times WHEN WE MOVE to a new house, we can take our families, our pets and our furniture, but generally we have to leave the garden behind. They are planted in the ground, so usually that’s where they stay. However, if you want to badly enough, sometimes even -
2025-11-30Burien, Des Moines, SeaTac file petition to review SAMP
On the last day of the sixty day deadline, the Three City ILA filed a  Petition for Review in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the venue which typically reviews FAA decisions in Washington State. The petition asks the court to consider the September 24 Sustainable Airport Finding of No Significant Impacts/Record of Decision (ROD) -
2025-11-28
Ep #15 The Airport Director’s Dad Joke
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. -
2025-11-28North SeaTac Park Black Friday Tree Planting
Join us on Black Friday for a post-Thanksgiving restoration and planting event. Volunteers will help with planting, weeding and/or mulching or some combination of all three. We will be outside and welcome everyone to come get some fresh air, help with restoration in North Seatac park and get to meet folks from around the community. -
2025-11-26Sean Duffy wants you to dress for success when you fly
With the Thanksgiving holiday expected to be the busiest in FAA history, Secretary Duffy has given multiple public statements encouraging travelers to ditch their sweatpants. With rising concerns over bad behavior as flying becomes more stressful, his thinking: “When people dress better, they tend to behave better. Alternatively, the Secretary could work towards funding high-speed -
2025-11-25EPA asks court to strike down fine particulate air pollution standard, threatening public health and undermining obligation under Clean Air Act
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a motion for vacatur in the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, asking the court to strike down the health-based fine particulate matter (PM2.5) standard the agency had strengthened last year. Kentucky V EPA Motion Vacatur “EPA’s motion is a blatant attempt to avoid legal -
2025-11-23Where airport mitigation always falls short
Project funding shows one way to fairer outcomes Summary: The recent Miller Creek Restoration ribbon cutting was framed as a win for regional partnerships. Agreed. But a funding review shows that Burien and SeaTac ratepayers covered the majority of the cost—while the Port of Seattle used airport revenues and thus zero out of pocket. Background -
2025-11-22
City of SeaTac Agenda Bill 6794 – Legal Services for Airport Environmental Review
City of SeaTac SAMP ILA AB6794 November 12, 2025 Request for Council Action MAYOR EGAL: That’s fine with us. Right. Okay. So that is for that. The next item will be an action item agenda bill 6794, an ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a letter of engagement for legal services, authorizing the city -
2025-11-21
Miller Creek Restoration Project Completed, Enhancing Contiguous Ecosystem and Community Access
$3.5 million interlocal partnership delivers critical salmon habitat and restores public access near Miller Creek Trail November 21, 2025 The Port of Seattle, the City of Burien, and the City of SeaTac celebrated the completion of a significant Miller Creek Restoration project on Thursday. The project replaced two critical fish passage barriers, created 450 feet