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Map of Washington State showing cumulative levels of criteria air pollution with numbered markers indicating 16 airport-impacted communities. The map uses green shading to represent pollution levels from highest to lowest, with communities like Ellensburg, Everett, South King County, and others marked with red numbered circles.
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by Rebecca Leber Updated Jan 22, 2025, 10:49 PM UTC Worsening wildfires mean everyone should have a basic understanding of how to read and respond to the Air Quality Index. It’s a good idea to reduce outdoor exercise on hazardous air days to cut down on exposure.Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images Rebecca Leber was a
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Washington State Senate Bill 5380 introduced to reduce disparities in cumulative environmental and health impacts by improving government decisions. The bill amends existing environmental review codes and requires the Department of Ecology to add environmental justice as an element in environmental reviews and checklists.
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Washington State Senate Bill 5380 introduced in the 69th Legislature to increase environmental justice by improving government decisions. The bill requires the Department of Ecology to add environmental justice as an element in environmental assessments and requires lead agencies to consider environmental justice when implementing environmental requirements.
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Washington State legislation (SHB 1303) relating to increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions. The bill adds environmental justice as an element within environmental review processes and requires agencies to consider environmental justice when implementing environmental requirements.
Tons of data. But not the right kind. The bad news: Real-Time Monitors There are four (close-to) real-time monitoring sites which will show you some aspects of air quality around the airport. Washington State Department of Ecology Ecology is the State agency which determines criteria (regulated) pollutants. Note that monitor closest to the airport is
Sunset Park King County DNRP service yard. TSI Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer, which will collect routine ultrafine particle counts in many size bins. Also hourly black carbon and total fine particle concentrations at this site. Google Maps
Gov. Jay Inslee, right, speaks with Greg Crider, an air monitoring scientist with the Department of Ecology, as he visits the Jefferson Park-Beacon Hill Air Monitoring Station in Seattle on Tuesday. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)
2023-08-20
PurpleAir air quality monitoring map showing PM2.5 AQI readings in the Des Moines, Washington area. The map displays various sensor readings with a highlighted sensor showing an AQI of 234, indicating very unhealthy air quality conditions with health alerts for the area.
This is a fixed site air quality monitoring (AQM) station. If your first reaction was, “So what?”, skip to the bottom, we’ll wait. You can view this as a stand-alone device, or you can view it as one node in a network of AQMs, which work together to allow for researchers to capture a much
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