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From Lawns to Lawsuits: The Expanding Fight over Glyphosate

Glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the world and a key ingredient in products like Roundup, is sprayed on farms, roadsides, and home lawns, with residues now being detected in soil, water, and food across the U.S. (Benbrook, 2016; USGS, 2019). For communities already overburdened by pollution and limited ...

Action 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 ...

Alaska 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! ...

Prioritizing the Mental Health of Young People in Times of Rapid Climate Change

Prioritizing the Mental Health of Young People in Times of Rapid Climate Change - SOL DE MEDIANOCHE By: Samarys Seguinot Medina As children grow older, climate-related mental health issues intensify. Vulnerability is further compounded by factors such as poverty, racism, gender, disability, and integrational trauma. Climate change and rising temperatures ...

Action 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 ...

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