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Measuring Maritime Emissions

Tue, Jul 05, 2022

By Ryann Child, Environmental Program Manager, Maritime Environment & Sustainability From the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy vision to phase out emissions from seaport-related activities by 2050 to accelerating organiza...

Northwest Ports Adopt Plans to Phase Out Maritime Emissions

Wed, Dec 08, 2021

The Northwest Seaport Alliance adopted its plan to implement the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy following those recently adopted by the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma, enabling each port to identify, prioritize, and focus resourc...

Public Input Improves Plans to Phase Out Maritime Emissions

Wed, Oct 06, 2021

By Ryann Child, Senior Environmental Management Specialist, Maritime Environment & Sustainability As we welcome crisper days, longer nights, and the change of the seasons with fall, it is hard not to forget the roastin...

Co-Chair Letter Urging Strong U.S. Action to Reduce International Maritime Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Underwater Noise

Fri, Jun 04, 2021

  June 1, 2021 Secretary John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate U.S. Department of State Jeffrey G. Lantz, Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards U.S. Head of Delegation to the Internation...

Exploring the World's First Green Corridor for Cruise

Watch the June webinar recording for an update on the progress to decarbonize cruise travel between Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. The Pacific Northwest to Alaska Green Corridor project is a collaborative p...

Marine Stormwater Utility

Vision: Leading the way to a clean, healthy, and sustainable Puget Sound Mission: Supporting a sustainable Maritime Industry with innovative stormwater management that benefits local communities and marine life The Port of S...

Habitat Mitigation Bank Credits: Duwamish River People's Park and Shoreline

—Credits available mid-2022—   The Duwamish River People's Park and Shoreline (formerly known as Terminal 117) is the first habitat project built as part of the mitigation bank that will allow third parties to invest in...

Restoring the Green-Duwamish: Habitat Mitigation Bank Credits

  The PORTfolio - A multi-site mitigation bank The Port of Seattle is establishing a PORTfolio of fish and wildlife habitat mitigation sites through a Multi-Site Wetland Mitigation and Habitat Conservation Bank in...

Seattle Waterfront Clean Energy Strategy

The Port of Seattle, Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) and Seattle City Light (SCL) are embarking on a joint strategy to eliminate emissions from Seattle's working waterfront. The goal is to put in place the clean, reliable energy...

Harbor Island and East Waterway Superfund Cleanup

The Harbor Island Superfund Site is one of the first Superfund sites in the country, listed on the National Priorities List in 1983. Harbor Island is a human-built, industrial island in Elliott Bay. Built in the early 1900s, th...