By MICHAEL PHILLIS The Associated Press In what could prove a significant move for communities facing air pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Thursday that chemical plants nationwide measure certain hazardous compounds that cross beyond their property lines and reduce them when they are too high. The proposed rules would reduce cancer risk and
Toxic fumes on board airplanes? Airlines may have to do something about it
Masked passengers fill a Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank to Las Vegas on June 3, with middle seats left open. (Christopher Reynolds/Los Angeles Times/TNS) By Kiera Feldman Los Angeles Times The airline industry would be forced to adopt new measures to protect passengers and crew members from toxic fumes on airplanes under a bill introduced
Emitting greenhouse gases in WA? Here’s who will need to pay up to pollute
Emitting greenhouse gases in WA? Here’s who will need to pay up to pollute Feb. 26, 2023 at 6:00 am Updated Feb. 26, 2023 at 6:07 am 1 of 10 | The University of Washington burns natural gas to create steam, seen here, that heats the campus. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times) By Isabella
Firefighter PFAS training exercise October 13, 2014
Sea-Tac’s legacy of PFAS chemicals: ‘foam showers,’ sick firefighters and contaminated water
Feb. 12, 2023 at 6:00 am Updated Feb. 12, 2023 at 2:04 pm 1 of 15 | Jason Schnase, a battalion chief of training and safety with the Port of Seattle Fire Department, shows where firefighting foam is stored on an aircraft rescue firefighting vehicle at Sea-Tac Airport. A 3% PFAS/97% water… (Ellen M. Banner /
Commercial aviation, built on pollution, is getting a tiny bit greener
An Airbus SE A380-800 Emirates commercial airliner prepares to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada. (Brent Lewin / Bloomberg) By William Ralston Bloomberg The amount of time between planes landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport might seem prosaic to the untrained eye, but there’s a lot more going on than a pilot negotiating
Identifying Overburdened Communities
Introduction The Climate Commitment Act requires Ecology to create a Cap & Invest program to lower greenhouse gas emissions across the state. Additionally, the Climate Commitment Act requires us to identify “ overburdened communities highly impacted by air pollution,” and make sure that this program reduces a class of pollutants called “criteria” air pollutants , as well
Why Seattle needs to start taking wildfire smoke more seriously
1 of 2 | Feven Breuner, 14, was taken to Seattle Children’s hospital several times since September due to asthma and respiratory issues exacerbated by wildfire smoke. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times) Skip Ad By Naomi Ishisaka Seattle Times columnist Feven Breuner just wants to breathe. That’s not been easy the past couple of months for the
It’s not your imagination, ‘smoke season’ has become real in Seattle
Almost all of the summer and fall “bad air” days since monitoring began were in the last six years, showing that wildfire smoke events in Seattle really are a recent phenomenon. (Kylie Cooper / The Seattle Times) By Danny Westneat Seattle Times columnist When the Spanish flu was pronounced over back in 1918, Seattleites
Air pollution, white matter microstructure, and brain volumes Periods of susceptibility from pregnancy to preadolescence
