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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 -
2017-05-11Modeling variability in air pollution-related health damages from individual airport emissions
Researchers used advanced air quality modeling to estimate the health impacts of emissions from 66 U.S. airports, including how pollution from each individual airport contributes to premature deaths. The study found wide variation in health damage across airports, driven largely by nearby population density and local atmospheric conditions. These findings can help inform emissions control policies at specific airports to better protect public health. -
KUOW: These Are Washington’s Top 10 Climate Polluters 01/29/16
he Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, one of Washington’s top 10 sources of greenhouse gases. Credit: Flickr Photo/Scott Butner (CC BY NC ND 2.0) These Are Washington’s Top 10 Climate Polluters By John Ryan Jan 29, 2016 at 9:30 am The biggest climate polluters in Washington have been identified, according to numbers out this week: the -
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2014-10-13Firefighter PFAS training exercise October 13, 2014
Two firefighters in silver proximity suits and yellow helmets operate a hose line deploying fire-suppression foam across a tarmac area. A large cylindrical aircraft fuselage mockup is visible in the background, consistent with an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) training exercise at an airport facility. -
2011-12-29
Obama’s Climate Betrayal
Elizabeth Kolbert Some international disputes are significant for symbolic reasons, others for substantive ones. The current conflict between the United States and the European Union over airline-emissions limits is both. Unfortunately this means that the U.S. is doubly on the wrong side. The Obama Administration ought to be applauding the Europeans. Instead it’s threatening a -
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Plane Exhaust Kills More People Than Plane Crashes
Toxic pollutants kill at least ten thousand annually, study says. By Mason Inmanfor National Geographic News Published October 10, 2010 There’s a new fear of flying: You’re more likely to die from exposure to toxic pollutants in plane exhaust than in a plane crash, a new study suggests. In recent years, airplane crashes have -
2010-01-01Port Of Seattle environmental report to the community 2009-2010
The Port of Seattle's 2009–2010 Environmental Report to the Community outlines the port's efforts to become a national leader in environmental and sustainability programs, covering topics such as air quality, water quality, and resource conservation. CEO Tay Yoshitani emphasizes that sustaining the region's 194,000 port-related jobs depends on also sustaining the environment, and highlights how energy-saving efficiencies can reduce costs while benefiting the environment. The report includes environmental metrics for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and recaps 2010 sustainability initiatives.