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Action Alert: Graphite One USACE Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Urgent action needed to prevent the proposed Graphite One mining operation. Local tribes have expressed strong opposition and deserve careful consideration in any project using their traditional land, air and waters that they rely on for cultural, spiritual and subsistence use. We request that USACE fully evaluate the significant environmental, subsistence, cultural, and human health…
Read MoreMother Earth Justice Film Series: Earth’s Greatest Enemy
UPCOMING FILM: Earth’s Greatest Enemy, Abby Martin’s second feature film, is a groundbreaking anti-imperialist environmental documentary unmasking the military-industrial complex as one of the world’s greatest environmental threats. Featuring ACAT’s Pamela Miller and Vi Waghiyi, the film exposes the Pentagon’s devastating environmental footprint, from carbon emissions and contaminated water to the destruction of communities and…
Read MoreTell Your Members of Congress to Oppose Immunity for the Fossil Fuel Industry
Tell Your Members of Congress to Oppose Immunity for the Fossil Fuel Industry As communities across the country work to hold the largest fossil fuel polluters accountable for misleading the public about their role in the climate crisis, the fossil fuel industry and its allies in Congress are pushing legislation that could shield these companies…
Read MoreTell Congress: Protect our health. Don’t weaken TSCA!
Congress could begin rolling back our nation’s chemical safety law as early as this month, and Alaskans have too much at stake to stay silent. From the fish we depend on and the water we drink to the products we bring into our homes, every Alaskan deserves protection from toxic chemicals. But chemical industry lobbyists…
Read MoreCLOSED Action Alert: Tell the Division of Mining, Land, and Water to Deny Permit Reissuance Application from Graphite One
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Read MoreAction Alert: Your Voice is Needed to Protect Kigluait Lands – CLOSED
COMMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED Your Voice is Needed to Protect Kigluait Lands, Waters, and Community Health: Submit Comments to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) by February 2, 2026 Graphite One, a Canadian mining corporation, is proposing a large open-pit mine to extract graphite in the Kigluaik Mountains north of Nome. The proposed mine,…
Read MoreAlaska Community Action on Toxics 2025 Highlights from Executive Director Pamela Miller
First, we extend our immense gratitude to all of you for supporting our work throughout the year, through volunteering, testifying, participating in our events in the community and webinars, and contributing financially. You inspired and encouraged our collective work and made everything possible even in these challenging times. Thank you! Creating opportunities for building community…
Read MoreAction Alert: Tell Congress to stop the chemical lobby from rolling back our health protections
Action Alert: Tell Congress to stop the chemical lobby from rolling back our health protections 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 chemicals, require health…
Read MoreAction Alert: Protect Kigluait and Submit Public Comment
Action Alert: Protect Kigluait Mountains and Submit Public Comment Sacred Kigluiat and ACAT are here to protect the Kigluait Mountains from hard rock mining & revitalize ancestral connections to sacred sites. POA-2018-00210 Graphite Creek PN > Alaska District > Public Notices View –“Graphite One LLC, stated the purpose is mine graphite from mineral…
Read More2025 Stockholm Convention Bans More Toxic Chemicals, But With Concerning Exemptions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | May 13, 2025 Press Contacts: Pamela Miller [email protected], and Sarah Banapour [email protected] 2025 Stockholm Convention Bans More Toxic Chemicals, But With Concerning Exemptions ANCHORAGE, AK – From April 28 to May 9, Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) participated in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Pollutants Conference of the…
Read MoreRachel Carson Celebration 2025
Join us to celebrate Rachel Carson’s birthday while enjoying a meal of foraged greens, mocktails, poetry reading, live music, plant walks, and more! This is a FREE event. All are welcome! 🗓️ Wednesday, May 28 📍 Kincaid Chalet North Room (6998 Raspberry Rd) 🕓 5:00-8:30 pm 5:00 Plant walk6:00 Opening and Dinner featuring fresh…
Read MoreAction Alert: Support SB 161 to Ban Bottom Trawling
Action Alert: Support SB 161 to Ban Bottom Trawling Senate Bill 161 –“An Act relating to the use of certain trawl or dredge fishing gear in state water; and providing for an effective date.” In recent years, Alaska has seen a serious decline in certain fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and other sustainable oceanic resources…
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