From:        laura gibbons
To:          Commission-Public-Records
Subject:       Re: [EXTERNAL] Tuesday Port Meeting
Date:        Tuesday, February 23, 2021 8:07:44 AM
Thank you. Here is the written material to go along with my oral testimony today:

Commissioners,
I looked at the materials for your Study Session on Economic Recovery, and I am disturbed.
Any plan to "recover" to previous levels of aviation is short-sighted, since it ignores the economic costs of the climate devastation
resulting from aviation, and is completely incompatible with your 2030 target of a 50% reduction in Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions
from 2007 levels.
I am very bothered by your claim to have an "Equity Framework". If you truly cared about equity, you would not plan for a "recovery" in
aviation, since there is no equity when you look at who flies and who pays the environmental consequences, both locally and globally.
The top 1% of the world population who fly most is responsible for 50% of all emissions from aviation
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378020307779). Meanwhile, the WA State Dept. of Commerce SEATAC
Airport effects study shows that SEATAC-impacted communities, compared to the rest of King County, have lower household incomes,
lower educational levels, poorer school performance, higher rates of unemployment, and are significantly more diverse
(https://deptofcommerce.app.box.com/s/rmi8sie7ivpy4wqjrfwgwdiosj2jebc0, https://www.commerce.wa.gov/serving-
communities/growth-management/growth-management-topics/sea-tac-airport-impact-study/, also look at
https://www.doh.wa.gov/DataandStatisticalReports/WashingtonTrackingNetworkWTN/InformationbyLocation/WashingtonEnvironmentalHealthDisparitiesMap).
Similar inequities have been documented across the country (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5844406/).

These communities suffer adverse health effects from ultrafine particles and noise, including potential negative effects on the brain, and
on the cardio-vascular, nervous, and respiratory systems, and higher rates of preterm births. We have provided you these citations
many times, and include links again in the written version of these comments (See Washington State Department of Health, "Summary
of Health Research on Ultrafine Particulates,", downloadable at https://www.doh.wa.gov/SearchResults?
q=diaz#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=ultrafine%20particles).
Also see the fact sheet or full report at https://beaconhillseattlenoise.org/ and the following selection of articles:
https://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/abstracts/environmental-noise-guidelines-for-the-european-region-2018
https://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5561
http://www.trb.org/main/blurbs/170328.aspx
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/650787/IPOL_STU(2020)650787_EN.pdf
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.1307115
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935116305461?via%3Dihub
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201021085106.htm
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/1998/03/airport-noise-harms-children-effects-endure
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP7161
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP5732
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab4942/pdf).
Commissioner Felleman was quoted in the South Seattle Emerald saying " we're going to continue to find ways to help build back
better."A reduction in aviation would be a key component to a green and equitable future. That's how we build back better.

Sincerely,
Laura Gibbons
Seattle

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From: laura gibbons 
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2021 8:01 AM
To: Commission-Public-Records 
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Tuesday Port Meeting


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I would like to make a public comment at Tuesday's Port meeting.

Many thanks,
Laura Gibbons