Archive for September 2013

“This is a crisis for the community. Children and elders are going hungry. Freezers which are usuallyfull this time of year are empty.” – Vi Waghiyi, Native Village of Savoonga tribal member and Environmental Health & Justice Program Director, ACAT [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px”…

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]   Alaska State Senator Donny Olson recently announced that he will introduce a bill in advance of the 2014 legislative session that would phase out the use of a toxic class…

International Chemical Policy Work Success at the International Stockholm Convention on Persistent Pollutants By Pamela Miller [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) was instrumental in achieving a major victory in May…

Print the Fall 2013 Newsletter Or read it online: National Chemical Policy Work Organizing to Protect the Health of Alaskans TSCA: 37 years + 80,000 chemicals – 300 tested = 5 restricted We have worked for years at the national level to transform the badly outdated Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976. Did you…

International Chemical Policy Work Like a Dream: St. Lawrence Island youth reflects on Stockholm Convention meeting in Geneva By Tiffany Immingan [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] My experience in Geneva, Switzerland at the Conference of the…

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Thank you for coming together with us to support the people of St Lawrence Island in this extremely urgent time for our Yupik friends and families. Thank you. Igamsiqayugvikamsii. Vi Waghiyi Tribal…

Listen to the call recording of Breast Cancer and the Environment: Prioritizing Prevention, Connie Engel and Nancy Buermeyer of the Breast Cancer Fund will discuss a new government report, recorded 10/16/13.Wednesday, October 16, 2013; 9:00 am Alaska Time; 10:00 am Pacific; 1:00 pm Eastern About the call Presenters Sign Up Presentation Slides (pdf) Call Recording / Podcast (mp3) Resources…

Recommended Books and Articles for Environmental Health and Justice Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling—Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing (The New Press, NY, 2004) Recommended by Joe Digangi—“This is one of the few books that caused me to immediately start reading over again from the beginning after I finished…