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2025-05-062024 Environment and Sustainability Annual Report
This Commission agenda memorandum presents the Port of Seattle’s 2024 Environment and Sustainability Annual Report, highlighting key accomplishments across twelve areas including climate action, habitat stewardship, and sustainability initiatives. The report tracks progress toward long-term goals outlined in the Century Agenda, including reducing emissions, restoring habitat, and advancing electrification and clean energy. It covers achievements -
2025-01-22The 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 -
2024-11-22Climate 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 -
2024-08-08Air 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 -
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2024-05-31
Vermont 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 -
It’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 -
Treasury issues tax-credit guidelines for sustainable aviation fuel
The IRS has issued more guidance on the new Sustainable Aviation Fuel credit. The SAF credit applies to qualified fuel mixtures containing sustainable aviation fuel for certain sales or uses in calendar years 2023 and 2024. (IR 2023-240, 12/15/2023; Notice 2024-6, 2024-2 IRB) Sustainable Aviation Fuel Credit. The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Credit (SAF) was part of -
2023-11-27
The implosion of the climate left
An excerpt from Ryan Grim’s new book “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution” RYAN GRIM NOV 27, 2023 194 272 Share The passage below is adapted from journalist Ryan Grim’s new book “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution.” The narrative arc runs from around the time of the Great -
Will high gas prices derail WA’s climate policy?
By Conrad Swanson Seattle Times climate reporter Nobody was quite sure how life would change for Washingtonians when lawmakers passed the state’s landmark climate policy in 2021. But in the nine months since the state started charging polluters, one thing has become increasingly clear: the sticker shock. A nearly $1.5 billion price tag — so