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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Inletkeeper, Rosemary Ahtuangaruak and others, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was compelled to update its outdated regulations governing the use of chemical products in oil spill responses.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…

    For June’s CHE-Alaska webinar, we were joined by Dr. Jesse Goodrich, Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California. Dr. Goodrich discussed a recent study he co-authored which examined PFAS exposure with alterations in metabolic pathways in adolescents and young adults. The multi-cohort study is the first…

If you love Kincaid Park and/or live in the Sand Lake community, please participate in the public hearing on Tuesday May 30 at 6 pm (details below). Please attend the public hearing on Tuesday May 30 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at the Lakefront Hotel, Lake Spenard Room, 4800 Spenard Rd. If you can’t make…

  Background The Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) intends to spray toxic herbicides along many of our roadways in Anchorage for weed control. This threatens the health of our residents, especially children, as well as pollinators, pets, and wildlife. The DOT published an obscure public notice in the Anchorage Daily News on May 2 stating…

Last week, President Biden signed an executive order to expand his administration’s environmental justice goals, including ensuring clean air and water for communities around the country. The newly signed Executive Order, Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All, focuses on communities most affected by pollution, including Tribal communities. The Order directs all federal…