Troy Abel
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| EPA tightened refinery regs. Why did emissions rise? | At Western Washington University located near Seattle, Troy Abel said he has “zero confidence” that stronger standards alone can be trusted to reduce health risks. Environmental regulations “are only as good as their enforcement,” said Abel, a professor of environmental policy who has… |
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| WWU's Troy Abel named to the EPA's environmental justice panel | |||
| 13 WWU Students Receive Award in EPA's 2023 Environmental Justice Video Challenge | |||
| Air stagnation event causing extra concern for areas prone to poor air quality | Days into an air stagnation advisory, special attention is being paid to the Duwamish Valley – an area known to have air quality concerns. So far, the… |
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| Dangerous air: Duwamish Valley residents highlight concerns over the air they breathe | It’s hard to tell whether people who don’t live, or frequent, the area truly understand the burden shouldered by the people who live in the Duwamish Valley. Encouraging regional headlines have a way of muting local concerns. Troy Abel, a professor of environmental policy at Western Washington,… |
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| Opinion: Clean air everywhere, for everyone in Washington | Recently, legislative debates turned from carbon pricing to the Healthy Environment for All Act (HEAL) uplifting environmental justice (EJ). This is important legislation, but what we really need are bold solutions and different laws addressing a persistent form of unjust and ongoing pollution.… |
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| Opinion: Clean air everywhere, for everyone in Washington | Recently, legislative debates turned from carbon pricing to the Healthy Environment for All Act (HEAL) uplifting environmental justice (EJ). This is important legislation, but what we really need are bold solutions and different laws addressing a persistent form of unjust and ongoing pollution.… |
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| In South Seattle, teens collect moss to help ID air quality | Residents of Seattle’s Duwamish River Valley have long known they suffer from high levels of air pollution. Air pollution that comes from nearby heavy industry, highways and air traffic has plagued South Seattle neighborhoods. “To the point that we have 13 years of life… |
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| South Seattle residents want greener neighborhoods — without more gentrification | South Seattle has long been a center of industrial development. But those tech workers who may be looking south for their new bungalow soon? They are pouring into South Lake Union and Ballard, sections of Seattle that once housed lots of industry — industry… |
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| These South Seattle Teens Are Taking On The Nation's Aviation Regulators | It’s 8 o'clock on a rainy, windy Saturday morning, and John Hoac and Brandon Teeny just got to school — Cleveland High in south Seattle. They’re here to measure air and noise pollution on campus. “In south Seattle it’s much noisier” than in north Seattle, says Troy Abel, a… |