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2026-02-18 00:37
Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
Explore the map Share data feedback Census tracts that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution are highlighted as being disadvantaged on the map. Federally Recognized Tribes, including Alaska Native Villages, are considered disadvantaged communities, whether or not they have land. Zooming in and selecting shows information about each census tract. Get the data -
2026-02-12 13:44Trump’s EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the Republican president to roll back climate regulations. The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government -
2025-12-23 09:00Fast shipping is increasing emissions. Here’s why delivery has become more polluting
By AYA DIAB It feels simple: You shop, find something you want and click to buy. It shows up today, overnight or tomorrow. We’ve gotten used to that speed. But that convenience comes with a climate cost. Multiple factors shape the environmental toll of a delivery. These include the distance from a fulfillment center, whether -
2025-09-16 20:28GAO: Aviation Meteorologists: Urgent Actions Needed to Address Staffing Concerns
GAO-25-108597 Published: Aug 28, 2025. Publicly Released: Aug 28, 2025. Fast Facts Bad weather can snarl air travel. Air traffic controllers make weather-related decisions, like changing a plane’s route, for safety and efficiency. The National Weather Service puts aviation meteorologists on-site at the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control centers to help. They give regular -
2025-01-22 00:00The Air Quality Index and how to use it, explained
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 -
2024-11-22 21:07Climate pollution surges in Washington state after pandemic lull
John Ryan November 22, 2024 / 10:29 am Morning commute traffic is shown on the West Seattle bridge on Monday, September 19, 2022, in Seattle. The bridge reopened over the weekend after a two and a half year closure. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer Though up-to-date information is hard to come by, energy use and climate-altering pollution appear to -
2024-08-08 21:09Air cargo players want ‘cohesion and consistency’ in how aviation reports emissions
By Charlotte Goldstone 12/08/2024 Current CO2 air cargo emission calculating methodology has been compared to the VW emissions scandal, with a lack of standardisation allowing passenger ‘greenwashing’ at the expense of cargo. The disparity between IATA and ICAO’s baseline figures for calculating air cargo emissions could be resulting in false sustainability data, making passenger operations -
2024-06-26 23:02McKinsey Making Net-Zero Aviation Possible
net zero within the sector by 2050 and to comply with a 1.5°C target. The Mission Possible Partnership At current emissions levels, staying within the global carbon budget for 1.5°C might slip out of reach in this decade. Yet efforts to slow climate change by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions run into a central challenge: some of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere — transportation sectors like aviation, shipping and trucking, and heavy industries like steel, aluminium, cement/concrete, and chemicals manufacturing — are the hardest to abate. Transitioning these industries to climate-neutral energy sources requires complex, costly, and sometimes immature technologies, as well as direct collaboration across the whole value chain, including companies, suppliers, customers, banks, institutional investors, and governments. Catalysing these changes is the goal of the Mission Possible Partnership (MPP), an alliance of climate leaders focused on supercharging efforts to decarbonise these industries. Our objective is to propel a committed community of CEOs from carbon-intensive industries, together with their financiers, customers, and suppliers, to agree and, more importantly, to act on the essential decisions required for decarbonising heavy industry and transport. Led by the Energy Transitions Commission, the Rocky Mountain Institute, the We Mean Business Coalition, and the World Economic Forum, MPP will orchestrate high-ambition disruption through net-zero industry platforms for seven of the world’s most hard-to-abate sectors: aviation, shipping, trucking, steel, aluminium, cement/concrete, and chemicals. The foundation of MPP’s approach: Sector Transition Strategies Transitioning heavy industry and transport to net-zero GHG emissions by 2050… -
2024-05-31 03:06Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change
By LISA RATHKE The Associated Press Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. Republican Gov. Phil Scott allowed the bill to become law without -
2024-04-12 22:19It’s time to make the climate just as central as DEI in everything we do
Students gather at Pier 62 for a march demanding response to the climate crisis. The global climate emergency, if not addressed, threatens every aspect of our way of life, the author writes. (Alan Berner / Alan Berner, 2021) Jeremy Ehrlich Special to The Seattle Times Progressive activists in Seattle can help set the national political