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    After years of fighting for legislation around toxic PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), Alaska House and Senate legislators passed House Bill 51, which served to phase out toxic PFAS chemicals from firefighting foams in Alaska. This bill was passed unanimously by the Senate, and nearly unanimously in the House. The bill is widely…

    ANCHORAGE – Over the weekend, Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed House Bill 51, critical legislation that would phase out toxic PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) chemicals from firefighting foams in Alaska. The veto is a huge step in the wrong direction and puts our public waters and public health at further risk. House Bill…

For September’s CHE-Alaska webinar, we will be joined by science journalist Matt Simon, author of “A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies.” In the book, Simon reveals an entirely new dimension to the plastic dilemma – how microplastics break down into small enough pieces to enter lungs, be absorbed…

    Job Description: Water Quality Protection Coordinator Do you care about protecting water quality and community health? If so, you might be the right person for the job! Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) is seeking a highly motivated person to serve as our Water Quality Protection Coordinator and to advance the mission, vision,…

Prompted by a lawsuit filed by Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT), Earth Island Institute, the ALERT Project, Cook Inletkeeper, Rosemary Ahtuangaruak and others, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was compelled to update its outdated regulations governing the use of chemical products in oil spill responses. The court ordered EPA to revisit its decades-old National…