The Port of Seattle Commission adopted its workplan for the Energy and Sustainability Committee at its April 23 meeting, identifying four areas of focus to improve environmental and community health in Puget Sound and combat climate change. Commissioners Fred Felleman and Ryan Calkins lead the Energy and Sustainability Committee as co-chairs.
“This new Committee Charter continues the Commission’s priority goal to be the greenest, most energy efficient Port in North America,” said Port of Seattle Commissioner Fred Felleman. “The Charter remains primarily focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and community impacts by improving the Port’s own operational practices and partnering with other agencies, airlines and maritime industries.”
“The Port and its partners are making sustainability a better operational choice by making it easier and less expensive to implement,” said Port of Seattle Commissioner Ryan Calkins, “and they are not taking no for an answer when facing operational or regulatory hurdles. We need to make system-wide change to achieve our goals of bringing clean power to Seattle’s waterfront and helping all of our industries transition to cleaner fuel.”
The five focus areas for the Energy and Sustainability Committee include:
The Committee fully recognizes that its goals cannot be achieved without collaboration with community, business and government partners. For example, the Port became the first non-city to join the King County-Cities Climate collaboration (K4C) to partner on broader strategies to reduce greenhouse gases.
“The Port is pursuing ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals for its operations and in collaboration with its partners. When done right, actions to reduce emissions are saving money, creating jobs, protecting the environment, advancing equity and social justice, and improving public health,” said Matt Kuharic, Climate Change Program Coordinator for King County.
Founded in 1911, the Port owns and operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Fishermen’s Terminal – home of the North Pacific fishing fleet – and public marinas. The Port also owns two cruise ship terminals, a grain terminal, real estate assets, and marine cargo terminals through its partnership in the Northwest Seaport Alliance. Port operations help support nearly 200,000 jobs and $7 billion in wages throughout the region. Over the next 18 years, the port’s “Century Agenda” seeks to create an additional 100,000 jobs through economic growth while becoming the nation’s leading green and energy-efficient port. Learn more.
2022 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Report of Achievement
Giving back to the community is central to what Charlotte Douglas International Airport and its operator, the City of Charlotte Aviation Department, is about, and last year was no different.
Throughout 2022, while recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, we continued our efforts to have a positive impact on the Charlotte community. Of particular note, we spent the year sharing stories of how Connections Don't Just Happen at the Terminal - from creating homeownership and employment opportunities to supporting economic growth through small-business development and offering outreach programs to help residents understand the Airport better.
This whitepaper highlights the construction projects, initiatives, programs and events that validate Charlotte Douglas as a premier airport.
Download the whitepaper: 2022 Charlotte Douglas International Airport Report of Achievement.