TagEnvironment(62)
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I-1631 (Balletopedia)
A State Initiative to charge a carbon tax on fossil fuels. Although it exempts both commercial marine and commercial jet fuels (bad) we nevertheless support this measure. If passed, the law affords large grant opportunities to heavily impacted communities. We expect that these grants will be highly competitive. It will therefore be necessary for airport -
NoiseQuest: airport noise research and community tools
Community Tools Our Community Tools section includes: Guidance for Prospective Home Buyers, information about How an Aircraft Works, a listing of Frequently Asked Questions, a Link and Learn page for learners of all ages to find out more about aviation, noise, the environment and science, a Glossary of Terms, and Links to Airports. Read more -
The Des Moines Creek Business Park – The Rebirth of a Modern Ghost Town
The new Des Moines Creek Business Park (DMCBP) is the $125 million redevelopment of a site that spent decades as a modern ghost town. For more than twenty years the site was an abandoned residential area containing nothing but exposed foundations and empty asphalt and concrete streets. The area is now home to K2 Sports, -
2017-08-24Talking Toxics | Part 1: Funding in Crisis
Educating Voters Environmental Priorities Coalition Lobby & Advocacy A series on protecting all communities from dangerous pollution. For 50 years, Washington Environmental Council has set our sights on a cleaner, brighter future and charted a path to get there. In 1988, WEC campaigned to pass Initiative 97 (commonly called the Model Toxics Control Act or -
Modeling variability in air pollution-related health damages from individual airport emissions – Stefani L. Penn
In this study, we modeled concentrations of fine particulate matter(PM2.5) and ozone(O3) attributable to precursor emissions from individual airports in the United States, developing airport-specific health damage functions (deaths per 1000 tof precursor emissions) and physically-interpretable regression models to explain variability in these functions. -
2016-06-27
Sea-Tac Airport is first in the U.S. to achieve Salmon-Safe Certification
In a year where the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is projected to have a record number of passengers, the Port of Seattle is taking care of the environment too, becoming the first U.S. airport to achieve Salmon-Safe certification, earned for its environmental practices that protect Puget Sound water quality and salmon habitat. The designation means that -
2016-04-28
Sea-Tac Airport neighbors get close-up view of environmental efforts
Sea-Tac Airport neighbors get close-up view of environmental efforts 04/28/2016 folksonbus.JPG To celebrate Earth Day, the Port of Seattle hosted residents from nearby communities to get a close up view of the many programs Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has in place to protect and improve the environment. Sea-Tac airport neighbors first got a briefing from Sea-Tac -
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2013-05-10Prominent 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