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2025-02-24
SB5652 will not move forward this year
Bill to reduce health disparities at Sea-Tac misses key deadline We want to extend our deepest thanks to everyone who supported SB 5652, Senator Tina Orwall’s bill to help reduce environmental and health disparities for communities impacted by Sea-Tac Airport. Unfortunately, the bill did not advance past the legislative cutoff date and will not move -
2025-02-24
Trump Administration Environmental-Justice-Related Executive Orders: Potential Implications for EPA Programs
Download PDF (415KB) | PDF Version History IF12922.5 In January 2025, President Trump issued executive orders (E.O.s) that revoked prior E.O.s, including E.O.s related to environmental justice. Another Trump Administration E.O. directed federal agencies to close environmental justice offices and cease environmental-justice-related programs. These three E.O.s could affect environmental-justice-related programs and activities administered by the -
2025-02-24
Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing After ‘Possible Smoke’ in Plane, F.A.A. Says
Flight 876 returned to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday after the crew reported seeing haze in the flight deck. A flight headed for Columbia, S.C., from Atlanta turned back for an emergency landing on Monday after the crew reported “possible smoke” inside the aircraft. “Jesus Christ.” “Ladies and gentlemen, please breathe through your clothing. -
2025-02-23
SB5380 Senate Environment Committee Hearing
Companion to HB1303 to add cumulative Impacts to overburdened communities b Transcript Track Bill Progress SB5380 and companion House bill HB1303 are collectively known as the CURB act. The sponsors call it the follow up to the 2021 HEAL Act. The concept is to add an Environmental Justice layer to large project permitting (such as the -
2025-02-21
HR1484/2025
Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2025 H. R. 1484 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide for a report on the health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution, and for other purposes. -
2025-02-21
State backs green aviation fuel plant as industry struggles to cut emissions
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Washington state has awarded a new $1.5 million grant for a planned sustainable aviation fuels and renewable diesel production facility projected to open in 2029 at Wallula Gap on the Columbia River. That’s a very small portion of the funding required to complete the facility being developed by -
2025-02-19
Call to action: Sign in pro to support SB5380
Sign in Pro and provide testimony. Evaluate cumulative impacts for for communities impacted by SAMP! Senate Bill 5380, the Senate version of the CURB Pollution Act HB1303, is scheduled for a public hearing on Friday, 2/21 at 10:30 AM in the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee. Full Text SB5380-2025 Bill History/Progress The CURB Pollution -
2025-02-19
SHB1303 hearing in House Appropriations Committee
Substitute bill to address cumulative impacts faces stiff opposition Guillermo Morel: I’m here with Front and Centered, a network of 50 community-based organizations across the state working toward a just transition. We are led by communities of color and low-income populations. I want to take you back to 2021 when we passed the HEAL Act. -
2025-02-19
Sea-Tac Noise Info Expands Digital Presence to BlueSky
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sea-Tac Noise Info Expands Digital Presence with BlueSky Launch Sea-Tac Noise Info (STNI), a community advocacy group dedicated to addressing the negative impacts of Sea-Tac Airport operations on local residents, is excited to announce its expansion onto BlueSky. Our new profile at https://bsky.app/profile/sea-tacnoiseinfo.bsky.social will provide another platform for community members to stay -
2025-02-18
Delta jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway and all 80 aboard survive
By MICHAEL CASEY and JOHN WAWROW Updated 3:48 AM PST, February 18, 2025 TORONTO (AP) — A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries, the airport’s chief executive said. Snow blown by winds gusting to