Career Opportunity: Project Assistant

Summary If you’ve got a burning desire to change the world, we’ve got a job for you. Join our small-but-mighty team that’s punching above its weight to win environmental justice and a climate-stable future for Alaska and the world. You’ll be part of a tight-knit, supportive team that loves coming to work every day to…

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Career Opportunity: Environmental Justice Organizer

Summary If you are passionate about environmental, reproductive, and social justice, this could be your dream job! Join our small-but-mighty team that’s punching above its weight to win environmental justice and a climate-stable future for Alaska and the world. You’ll be part of a tight-knit, supportive team that loves coming to work every day to…

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New PFAS Test Results Reveal Water Contamination in Anchorage and Fairbanks

ACAT’s testing shows 12 popular lakes in Anchorage and Fairbanks North Star Borough are polluted with toxic PFAS chemicals, which are linked with liver and kidney damage, reproductive and development harm, immune system impairment, and certain cancers PFAS was found in Anchorage lakes including DeLong Lake, Little Campbell Lake, Sand Lake, Sundi Lake, and Spenard…

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PFAS and PBDEs in traditional subsistence foods from Sivuqaq, Alaska

The Arctic is a hemispheric sink for both legacy and current use persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Once in the Arctic, POPs biomagnify in food webs, potentially reaching concentrations in high trophic level animals that pose a health concern for people who subsist on those animals. Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic may be highly exposed to…

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Elevated mercury and PCB concentrations in Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) collected near a formerly used defense site on Sivuqaq, Alaska

Sivuqaq’s proximity to Russia made it a strategic location for U.S. military defense sites during the Cold War. Our results suggest that the Northeast Cape FUD site remains a significant point source of mercury and PCB pollution and contributes to higher concentrations in resident fish, including subsistence species. Moreover, elevated Hg and PCB levels in…

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“Pesticide-Free Anchorage” – Protecting our neighborhoods, parks, watersheds, and health

“Pesticide Free Anchorage” – Protecting our neighborhoods, parks, watersheds, and health What can you do if harmful pesticides are being used near your home, school, or workplace? Concerned about spraying of spruce beetles and mosquitos in your neighborhood? On Wednesday February 17 at 6:00 PM, ACAT is hosting a virtual gathering to learn about existing…

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Glyphosate – Bad for Weeds but Also Bad for People and Pets

“Do I love my lawn more than I love my family and my neighbors?” Gardening guru Jeff Lowenfels asks a good question in his weekly column:  “Do I love my (weed-free) lawn more than I love my family and my neighbors?” Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Round-Up and other weed-and-feed formulations, is deadly to dandelions…

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Help ACAT Celebrate Rachel Carson’s Birthday!

Virtual event will feature environmental justice activists from Alaska and around the world You can sign up here. Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” an exposé of the link between toxic pesticide DDT and the decline in songbird populations and other environmental harms, is widely regarded as the impetus for the rise of the global environmental movement.…

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Spraying for Spruce Bark Beetle & ACAT’s Carbaryl Fact Sheet

Spruce bark beetle continue to damage and kill spruce trees around the Anchorage bowl and across Southcentral Alaska. The question often asked is, what if anything can one do about it? Or perhaps, what SHOULDN’T we do about it. Many commercial companies use pesticide sprays and root drenches that contain carbaryl, a chemical known to…

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Campaign to Protect Alaskans’ Drinking Water from PFAS Ramps Up

At least a dozen Alaskan communities have PFAS-contaminated drinking water . . . and Gov. Dunleavy has refused to help Read Pam Miller’s Op-Ed in the Juneau Empire to learn more about how ACAT is helping Alaskans with toxic PFAS in their drinking water and the legislation that would begin to address the problem. Op-Ed…

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