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2024-01-19 14:05Press Conference or Official Announcement
Press conference on reducing noise and air pollution near Sea-Tac Airport, Jan. 15, 2024. -
2023-05-25 14:10Seatac Airport A Better Neighbor Now In Spite Of Embattled Past, Former Adversaries Say
In the 1970s, residents near the flight paths headed into and out of SeaTac Airport and its two runways complained to the Port of Seattle that the constant movement of jets overhead posed a serious disruption to life and a hazard to health. Now, almost 50 years on, with a larger airport, newer planes and -
2022-11-16 01:38CACC – Say NO to Future Graham and Eatonville-Roy Airport Sites, November 2022
A protest sign opposing the development of future commercial aviation sites at Graham and Eatonville-Roy airports. The sign provides contact information for the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission and encourages people to join the Coalition Against Graham and Eatonville-Roy Airports for updated information. -
2022-02-22 21:23
Kenneth Burd Reid: A civic leader and community volunteer, his life was filled with adventures, laughter and love
Mr. Reid was notable for being the Director of the State's Air Transportation Commission (AIRTRAC) which studied aviation demand at Sea-Tac Airport and was responsible for a two year moratorium on construction projects. When the moratorium concluded, AIRTRAC dissolved and Mr. Reid became the Director of the Airport Communities Coalition, the legal entity sponsored by surrounding cities which fought the Third Runway against the Port of Seattle. -
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2019-08-23 14:53
The problem with cities
As one attempts to survey the landscape concerning the various negative impacts that the Sea-Tac Airport has foisted upon the surrounding communities, one quickly becomes aware of a black hole which I call ‘The Dark Time’–probably because I watched too many comic book movies with my kids. The Dark Time is the roughly decade-long period -
2013-05-10 13:43Prominent former Seattle port executive Richard Ford dies
Richard Ford, a Northwest native who rose to prominence as a port executive, attorney and civic leader, died May 5, according to Ford’s family. He was 83. Ford was born in Seattle, grew up in Spokane and graduated from Washington State University, where he met his wife, Nancy Panchot. The couple later moved to the -
2008-12-11 11:08
Sea-Tac neighbors feel duped over 3rd-runway noise
While Port of Seattle officials said the region needed a $1 billion third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to reduce flight delays during bad weather, planes are landing on the new runway all day, every day regardless of weather. Burien residents say the constant noise is intolerable. By Sharon Pian Chan Special to The Times -
2007-04-02 23:25
Massachusetts v EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
Annotation Primary HoldingThe Clean Air Act allows the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouses gases because they qualify as air pollutants. Also, standing requires showing a concrete harm that can be traced to the defendant and remedied by the courts. Read More Syllabus SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2006 MASSACHUSETTS V. EPA SUPREME COURT OF THE -
2004-05-14 20:45
Port Of Seattle v. Airport Communities Coalition; Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion; and State of Washington, Department of Ecology
Supreme Court of Washington,En Banc. PORT OF SEATTLE, a port district of the State of Washington, Petitioner, v. The POLLUTION CONTROL HEARINGS BOARD, an agency of the State of Washington, Respondent, Airport Communities Coalition; Citizens Against Seatac Expansion; and State of Washington, Department of Ecology, an agency of the State of Washington, Respondents/Cross-Petitioners. No. 73419-4. Decided: