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  In a recent CHE-Alaska webinar, featured speakers Austin Ahmasuk and Bonnie Gestring spoke on the deceiving portrayal of “strategic” minerals and how this label is used to justify dangerous extractive practices as essential to mineral demand in the U.S. and necessary for the transition to renewable energy. According to the Department of the Interior, a…

Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control. Many breast cancers form in the ducts or lobules. Despite progress in modern medicine, breast cancer still remains the predominant form of cancer in the United States. While finding cures for breast cancer is crucial, directing resources toward prevention will…

  Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally released a complete endangerment finding for lead in aviation gas (avgas) used in piston-engine airplanes, a huge step to ensure Alaskan communities are protected from the nation’s largest source of lead emissions. There is no known safe level of lead for humans. Lead is known to…

  From October 9-13, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) convened in Rome to review toxic chemicals for global regulation and eventually elimination. The POPRC is the expert scientific committee of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The Stockholm Convention is the only legally binding international treaty to eliminate the world’s most…

According to the Department of Energy, a “critical mineral” is defined as “Any mineral, element, substance, or material designated as critical by the Secretary of the Interior.” However, environmental justice advocates say this definition is the extraction industry’s latest attempt to reduce environmental and community health protections. The label frames dangerous extractive practices as being…