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Can WA build a new airport and meet its climate goals?

caption: An Alaska airplane is shown on Monday, December 16, 2019, in Renton.
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An Alaska airplane is shown on Monday, December 16, 2019, in Renton.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

The Puget Sound region is growing and air traffic is growing with it. Because of this, the state is looking at ways to add capacity. A state-appointed commission recently proposed expanding service at Paine Field in Everett and adding a new new airport at one of three sites in Pierce and Thurston counties.

But air travel is also a big source of greenhouse gas emissions and critics of the new airport say the state's goal to lower emissions contradicts its plans for a new airport.

To read the full story by KUOW's Joshua McNichols, click here.

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