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Alaska Community Action on Toxics We believe in the right to clean air, clean water, and toxic-free food. https://linktr.ee/akaction
🚨 Congress could soon weaken the protections that help keep us safe from toxic chemicals. Reports indicate the Senate could begin advancing legislation to weaken our nation’s chemical law known as #TSCA as soon as this month. www.akaction.org/news/action-...
Join us for a screening of How to Poison a Planet with a Q&A immediately following the film! beartooththeatre.filmbot.com/.../revealed...
While we're deeply disappointed that Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed HB 25, we're incredibly grateful for everyone who stood with us throughout this campaign. This is not the end of our work.
🚨 ACTION ALERT: HB 25 VOTE TODAY 🚨 Take action now: 📧 Write a short Public Opinion Message of support 📨 Send it to LIO.Juneau@akleg.gov 📢 Ask that it be shared with all State Senators Your voice matters.
“The EPA has an obligation to protect air quality, the integrity of Denali National Park and the surrounding area, and the health of people.” "We will not tolerate the degradation and contamination of this precious region with harmful and health-threatening pollutants.” said Pamela Miller, ACAT ED.
Conservation Organizations Challenge Administration’s Unlawful Approval of Air Pollution Plan in Alaska
San Francisco – Three leading conservation and environmental health and justice organizations will challenge the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful approval of a plan for Alaska that will allow…
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Take action today and urge Congress to protect strong chemical safety standards: www.akaction.org/news/action-...
Action Alert: Tell Congress to stop the chemical lobby from rolling back our health protections | ACAT
Every family has a right to be protected from toxic chemicals in the products we buy, water we drink, or the food we eat. The chemical lobby is working hard to undermine protections that ban harmful…
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Despite a court order, federal regulators advanced a Cook Inlet offshore lease with no public input or new protections for endangered beluga whales—putting wildlife and communities at risk. earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
Trump Administration Reaffirms Cook Inlet Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale Based on Environmental Study Completed Without Public Input
Federal regulators are allowing the challenged lease sale to move forward without any additional measures to protect endangered beluga whales
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More than 250 public health & enviro groups including ACAT sent Congress a clear message: protect public health & reject the chemical lobby’s push to weaken #TSCA, our nation’s chemical safety law. Read the letter, and TAKE ACTION at the link in the comments: go.toxicfreefuture.org/tsca-sign-on...
250+ groups urge Congress to reject chemical lobby push to weaken TSCA - Toxic-Free Future
Toxic-Free Future, Safer States, and more than 250 state, local, and national public health and environmental groups sent a joint letter to Congress this week, urging lawmakers to reject the chemical ...
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🌍 Thank you to Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition and Native Movement for joining us for this important event in Fairbanks! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir #FairbanksClimateActionCoalition
🌍 Please join us in Fairbanks for a free film screening and community discussion! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir
In that spirit of Indigenous Peoples Day, we are proud to spotlight the work of 📢Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)—a grassroots organization rooted in Indigenous leadership and environmental justice. @acat-akaction.bsky.social #IndigenousPeoplesDay cleanwater.org/IPD-ACAT-2025
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Spotlight: Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, observed on Monday, October 13, honors the rich history, living cultures, resilience, and contributions of Indigenous peoples across the globe. For generations, Native nations...
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🌿 Join us at the 42nd Annual Elders & Youth Conference! 🌿 ACAT is honored to host two sessions Oct 13 at the Dena’ina Center: 🩷 Breast Cancer Prevention | 1:30–3 PM 🌎 Microplastics, Mining & Mental Health | 3:30–5 PM Join us to protect our communities & future generations.
Our Policy Team will be at the Heavy Fuel Oil Town Hall in Juneau on Oct 8 🌊 📅 Oct 8 | 5 p.m. 📍 Juneau Arts & Culture Center + Zoom Panel, policy discussion, live music + community input. Don’t miss it!
We’re excited to share that Cleaning House by Lindsay Dahl features voices from ACAT’s own Executive Director, Pam Miller, and Viola (Vi) Waghiyi, Indigenous Yupik activist, mother and grandmother from Sivuqaq. 📖 Order your copy here: www.harpercollins.com/products/cle...
We’re excited to announce a new affiliate joining the movement against plastic pollution! Together, we’re moving closer to a #PlasticFreeFuture 🌍 💥 Don’t forget! It's time to sign up to learn how to move beyond plastics with Judith Enck this fall. Register for the class now: bit.ly/bennington-c...
Intern Spotlight! Please help us welcome Anna ✨ She is joining us this summer as an Environmental Justice and Community Health Researcher/Advocate through ACF's Ted Smith Conservation Internship Program.
UPCOMING #Webinar!🖥️ ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social will present "Carbon Capture and Storage: A Dangerous Distraction." Speakers will explain how CCS is a false climate solution that prolongs our reliance on fossil fuels and enables industry to continue polluting. akaction.org/webinars/202...
🔎 Misinformation and disinformation have become increasingly common, especially with social media being one of the primary news sources for many people. According to a global survey, more than 85% of people are worried about the impact of online disinformation.
#Anchorage! Join us JULY 18 for our first meeting of #PlasticFree907, a coalition of Alaskans who want to make a difference in the fight against plastic pollution in our communities!💧🌿 Special thanks to Blue Market AK for pledging 1% of earnings to Plastic Free 907 🩵 @akjusttransition.bsky.social
We're hiring! ✨ ACAT is currently hiring for two positions: ➤ Media and Communications Coordinator ➤ Protecting Future Generations Coordinator Positions open until filled. Learn more about each position and apply! www.akaction.org/get-involved...
UPCOMING Webinar 🖥️ Join ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social on June 17! In this webinar, speakers from orgs leading breast cancer prevention work will share how they incorporate community input, and how this fosters more effective and equitable prevention strategies. www.akaction.org/webinars/2025-6
This week, @govdunleavy.bsky.social will be holding his Sustainable Energy Conference, which highlights the voices of major fossil fuel advocates while largely excluding the voices of Alaskans most impacted by the climate and energy crises. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
https://www.adn.com/opinions/2025/06/02/opinion-dunleavys-energy-conference-is-an-insult-to-alaskans-we-know-what-real-sustainability-looks-like
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Want to learn how we can hold health harming corporations to account? Join us 12pm PT, Thursday May 29 to hear about the work of the @UCSF Center to End Corporate Harm
Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · last yr.SAVE THE DATE: 2 weeks from today - learn how to find corporate internal documents and what they tell us about industry strategies to promote health-harming products and delay regulations. With @TraceyJWoodruff and @NickZChartres @industrydocs www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
TOMORROW - Learn about UCSF’s Center to End Corporate Harm, how to use the Industry Documents Library, and how researchers tap these internal documents to understand how corporations influence science & policy. @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
Please help us welcome Courtney! Courtney Moore is the Plastics & Petrochemicals Coordinator at ACAT, where she brings passion and purpose to environmental justice work. Born and raised in AK, she first got involved in advocacy during the No Pebble Mine campaign in 2022 and hasn’t looked back since.
