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  • 2025-12-21

    A guide to U.S. aircraft noise regulatory policy

    This book by Sanford Fidell and Vincent Mestre provides a comprehensive guide to U.S. aircraft noise regulatory policy, covering the rules, standards, and government frameworks that govern how aircraft noise is measured, evaluated, and controlled. It is a key reference for understanding how federal agencies approach noise management around airports such as Sea-Tac, including the metrics and legal structures used to assess community noise impacts.
  • A Guide to US Aircraft Noise Regulatory Policy Fidell Mestre Pdf
    2025-12-21

    A guide to U.S. aircraft noise regulatory policy

    A book published by Springer, authored by Sanford Fidell and Vincent Mestre, providing a comprehensive guide to U.S. aircraft noise regulatory policy. The work covers the regulatory frameworks, policies, and standards governing aircraft noise in the United States.

  • Particles of Truth

    “A compelling, real-life account of how scientists uncovered air pollution’s deadly impact on human health—and the contentious battles to use key scientific evidence in the critical fight for clean air. Particles of Truth is a riveting account of the discovery of the critical health effects of air pollution told by Arden Pope and Douglas Dockery, who
  • 2024-11-27

    Aviation noise impact management: Technologies, regulations, and societal well-being in Europe

    Aviation Noise Impact Management is an open-access academic book edited by Laurent Leylekian, Alexandra Covrig, and Alena Maximova, published by Springer. It examines how aviation noise is measured, regulated, and managed across Europe, covering technologies to reduce noise, regulatory frameworks, and the effects of aircraft noise on community well-being. While focused on the European context, the book offers broadly applicable insights for airport noise policy research and planning.

  • Why flying is miserable

    Ahead of the holiday travel season, Harvard Law graduate Ganesh Sitaraman argues in a new book that deregulating the airline industry has led to higher costs, less choice, and more misery for the flying public Nov 14, 2023 By Jeff Neal The upcoming holiday travel season promises to be one of the busiest on record, with
  • 2011-01-06

    Over My Head: An activist group fights an airport expansion

    Over My Head, written by Debi Wagner and published in 2011, is a personal account of a grassroots activist group's fight against a Sea-Tac Airport expansion. The book explores the community's struggle with toxic aircraft emissions and an unusually high number of cancer deaths among nearby residents. It blends personal narrative with environmental advocacy, documenting the health and quality-of-life impacts of airport noise and pollution on surrounding neighborhoods.
  • 2011-01-06

    Over My Head: An activist group fights an airport expansion

    Book by Debi Wagner published by Trafford Publishing (2011), ISBN 978-1-4269-5465-8. Personal account of a grassroots activist group fighting a Sea-Tac Airport expansion, covering community organizing, toxic emissions, aviation pollution, and cancer deaths in airport-adjacent neighborhoods. Subtitle: ‘A personal story of community, grassroots, toxic emissions and far too many cancer deaths.’