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2025-02-18
SB5652 first hearing at Senate Environment Committee
Bill to reduce health disparities at Sea-Tac gets community support and firm Port opposition Senator Tina Orwall’s introduced her bill to help reduce environmental and health disparities and improve the health of airport community residents, SB 5652 was heard in the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee. Text of SB5652 SB 5652 aims to reduce -
2025-02-17
Tracking FAA ‘Occurrences’ at Sea-Tac: a new focus
Sea-Tac Airport is in the midst of both Federal (NEPA) and State (SEPA) environmental reviews of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). These reviews will determine by how much, if any, the airport can safely expand in the coming years. A key factor in this review is the airport’s ability to manage an increasing number -
2025-02-14WA electric plane startup halts operations in blow to green aviation
Arlington-based startup Eviation, which flew the first flight of its sleek all-electric airplane at Moses Lake in fall 2022, laid off most of its staff last week after failing to attract new funding, according to two employees who were among those cut. “The company is pausing operations indefinitely,” said an engineer. “Most of the engineering -
2025-02-13Call To Action: Support SB5652 Tuesday, February 18 @ 1:30PM
Sign in Pro and provide testimony. Help reduce noise and pollution for communities under the flight path! Senator Tina Orwall’s bill to help reduce environmental and health disparities and improve the health of airport community residents, SB 5652, is scheduled for a public hearing on Tuesday, 2/18 at 1:30 PM in the Senate Environment, Energy -
2025-02-12Plane goes off taxiway at Lambert International Airport
United Airlines Flight Skids Off Taxiway in St. Louis Amid Snowy Conditions A United Express CRJ-550, operated by GoJet Airlines, skidded off the taxiway after landing at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) on Wednesday morning. The aircraft, arriving from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), touched down on Runway 10:50 a.m. before veering into a -
2025-02-11
HB1303 passes out of House Environment Committee
Slimmed down version loses Overburdened Community provision In a vote mostly along party lines the committee passed HB1303-1st Substitute bill. The key change was removal of the original requirement that pollution overburdened communities, those ranked highest on a standardized Environmental Justice scale, would automatically be subject to a new layer of environmental review specifically targeted -
2025-02-101 dead, 4 injured after jets collide at Scottsdale Airport
The incident occurred after the landing gear of a jet failed. By Clara McMichael, T. Michelle Murphy, Laryssa Demkiw, and Jennifer Watts February 10, 2025, 7:22 PM One person is dead and four others are injured after a Bombardier Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing at Scottsdale Airport and crashed into a Gulfstream -
2025-02-09
Des Moines City re-establishes an airport committee. Sort of.
No discussion + No direction = Greenwashing At last Thursday’s Study Session, the Des Moines City Council took all of five seconds to approve a new airport committee with no start date, no mission and an as yet to be defined structure. (Airport Committee Pages from Study Session – 06 Feb 2025 Agenda) The meeting -
2025-02-08Missing commuter plane found crashed on Alaska sea ice and all 10 aboard are dead, authorities say
Guard via AP) By BECKY BOHRER and HALLIE GOLDEN The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board were dead, authorities said. The crash was one of -
2025-02-07How we can make WA more resilient for the next Trump trade storm
By Stephanie Bowman Special to The Seattle Times President Donald Trump’s trade storm made landfall this past week, creating chaos with the nation’s — and Washington state’s — largest trading partners. At least one thing is clear: The administration intends to use tariffs to achieve outcomes that have nothing to do with international trade. As