ACAT
@acat-akaction.bsky.social
Alaska Community Action on Toxics
We believe in the right to clean air, clean water, and toxic-free food.
https://linktr.ee/akaction
We believe in the right to clean air, clean water, and toxic-free food.
https://linktr.ee/akaction
🌍 Thank you to Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition and Native Movement for joining us for this important event in Fairbanks!
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir #FairbanksClimateActionCoalition
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir #FairbanksClimateActionCoalition
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🌍 Thank you to Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition and Native Movement for joining us for this important event in Fairbanks!
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir #FairbanksClimateActionCoalition
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir #FairbanksClimateActionCoalition
🌍 Please join us in Fairbanks for a free film screening and community discussion!
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir
October 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🌍 Please join us in Fairbanks for a free film screening and community discussion!
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir
Join us Thursday, October 23rd for next Plastic Free 907 meeting! #plasticfree
October 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join us Thursday, October 23rd for next Plastic Free 907 meeting! #plasticfree
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In that spirit of Indigenous Peoples Day, we are proud to spotlight the work of 📢Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)—a grassroots organization rooted in Indigenous leadership and environmental justice. @acat-akaction.bsky.social #IndigenousPeoplesDay
cleanwater.org/IPD-ACAT-2025
cleanwater.org/IPD-ACAT-2025
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Spotlight: Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, observed on Monday, October 13, honors the rich history, living cultures, resilience, and contributions of Indigenous peoples across the globe. For generations, Native nations...
cleanwater.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In that spirit of Indigenous Peoples Day, we are proud to spotlight the work of 📢Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)—a grassroots organization rooted in Indigenous leadership and environmental justice. @acat-akaction.bsky.social #IndigenousPeoplesDay
cleanwater.org/IPD-ACAT-2025
cleanwater.org/IPD-ACAT-2025
🌿 Join us at the 42nd Annual Elders & Youth Conference! 🌿
ACAT is honored to host two sessions Oct 13 at the Dena’ina Center:
🩷 Breast Cancer Prevention | 1:30–3 PM
🌎 Microplastics, Mining & Mental Health | 3:30–5 PM
Join us to protect our communities & future generations.
ACAT is honored to host two sessions Oct 13 at the Dena’ina Center:
🩷 Breast Cancer Prevention | 1:30–3 PM
🌎 Microplastics, Mining & Mental Health | 3:30–5 PM
Join us to protect our communities & future generations.
October 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🌿 Join us at the 42nd Annual Elders & Youth Conference! 🌿
ACAT is honored to host two sessions Oct 13 at the Dena’ina Center:
🩷 Breast Cancer Prevention | 1:30–3 PM
🌎 Microplastics, Mining & Mental Health | 3:30–5 PM
Join us to protect our communities & future generations.
ACAT is honored to host two sessions Oct 13 at the Dena’ina Center:
🩷 Breast Cancer Prevention | 1:30–3 PM
🌎 Microplastics, Mining & Mental Health | 3:30–5 PM
Join us to protect our communities & future generations.
Our Policy Team will be at the Heavy Fuel Oil Town Hall in Juneau on Oct 8 🌊
📅 Oct 8 | 5 p.m.
📍 Juneau Arts & Culture Center + Zoom
Panel, policy discussion, live music + community input. Don’t miss it!
📅 Oct 8 | 5 p.m.
📍 Juneau Arts & Culture Center + Zoom
Panel, policy discussion, live music + community input. Don’t miss it!
October 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Our Policy Team will be at the Heavy Fuel Oil Town Hall in Juneau on Oct 8 🌊
📅 Oct 8 | 5 p.m.
📍 Juneau Arts & Culture Center + Zoom
Panel, policy discussion, live music + community input. Don’t miss it!
📅 Oct 8 | 5 p.m.
📍 Juneau Arts & Culture Center + Zoom
Panel, policy discussion, live music + community input. Don’t miss it!
We’re excited to share that Cleaning House by Lindsay Dahl features voices from ACAT’s own Executive Director, Pam Miller, and Viola (Vi) Waghiyi, Indigenous Yupik activist, mother and grandmother from Sivuqaq.
📖 Order your copy here: www.harpercollins.com/products/cle...
📖 Order your copy here: www.harpercollins.com/products/cle...
September 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We’re excited to share that Cleaning House by Lindsay Dahl features voices from ACAT’s own Executive Director, Pam Miller, and Viola (Vi) Waghiyi, Indigenous Yupik activist, mother and grandmother from Sivuqaq.
📖 Order your copy here: www.harpercollins.com/products/cle...
📖 Order your copy here: www.harpercollins.com/products/cle...
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We’re excited to announce a new affiliate joining the movement against plastic pollution! Together, we’re moving closer to a #PlasticFreeFuture 🌍
💥 Don’t forget! It's time to sign up to learn how to move beyond plastics with Judith Enck this fall. Register for the class now: bit.ly/bennington-c...
💥 Don’t forget! It's time to sign up to learn how to move beyond plastics with Judith Enck this fall. Register for the class now: bit.ly/bennington-c...
July 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We’re excited to announce a new affiliate joining the movement against plastic pollution! Together, we’re moving closer to a #PlasticFreeFuture 🌍
💥 Don’t forget! It's time to sign up to learn how to move beyond plastics with Judith Enck this fall. Register for the class now: bit.ly/bennington-c...
💥 Don’t forget! It's time to sign up to learn how to move beyond plastics with Judith Enck this fall. Register for the class now: bit.ly/bennington-c...
Intern Spotlight! Please help us welcome Anna ✨
She is joining us this summer as an Environmental Justice and Community Health Researcher/Advocate through ACF's Ted Smith Conservation Internship Program.
She is joining us this summer as an Environmental Justice and Community Health Researcher/Advocate through ACF's Ted Smith Conservation Internship Program.
July 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Intern Spotlight! Please help us welcome Anna ✨
She is joining us this summer as an Environmental Justice and Community Health Researcher/Advocate through ACF's Ted Smith Conservation Internship Program.
She is joining us this summer as an Environmental Justice and Community Health Researcher/Advocate through ACF's Ted Smith Conservation Internship Program.
UPCOMING #Webinar!🖥️
ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social will present "Carbon Capture and Storage: A Dangerous Distraction."
Speakers will explain how CCS is a false climate solution that prolongs our reliance on fossil fuels and enables industry to continue polluting.
akaction.org/webinars/202...
ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social will present "Carbon Capture and Storage: A Dangerous Distraction."
Speakers will explain how CCS is a false climate solution that prolongs our reliance on fossil fuels and enables industry to continue polluting.
akaction.org/webinars/202...
July 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
UPCOMING #Webinar!🖥️
ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social will present "Carbon Capture and Storage: A Dangerous Distraction."
Speakers will explain how CCS is a false climate solution that prolongs our reliance on fossil fuels and enables industry to continue polluting.
akaction.org/webinars/202...
ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social will present "Carbon Capture and Storage: A Dangerous Distraction."
Speakers will explain how CCS is a false climate solution that prolongs our reliance on fossil fuels and enables industry to continue polluting.
akaction.org/webinars/202...
🔎 Misinformation and disinformation have become increasingly common, especially with social media being one of the primary news sources for many people.
According to a global survey, more than 85% of people are worried about the impact of online disinformation.
According to a global survey, more than 85% of people are worried about the impact of online disinformation.
July 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🔎 Misinformation and disinformation have become increasingly common, especially with social media being one of the primary news sources for many people.
According to a global survey, more than 85% of people are worried about the impact of online disinformation.
According to a global survey, more than 85% of people are worried about the impact of online disinformation.
#Anchorage! Join us JULY 18 for our first meeting of #PlasticFree907, a coalition of Alaskans who want to make a difference in the fight against plastic pollution in our communities!💧🌿
Special thanks to Blue Market AK for pledging 1% of earnings to Plastic Free 907 🩵
@akjusttransition.bsky.social
Special thanks to Blue Market AK for pledging 1% of earnings to Plastic Free 907 🩵
@akjusttransition.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#Anchorage! Join us JULY 18 for our first meeting of #PlasticFree907, a coalition of Alaskans who want to make a difference in the fight against plastic pollution in our communities!💧🌿
Special thanks to Blue Market AK for pledging 1% of earnings to Plastic Free 907 🩵
@akjusttransition.bsky.social
Special thanks to Blue Market AK for pledging 1% of earnings to Plastic Free 907 🩵
@akjusttransition.bsky.social
We're hiring! ✨ ACAT is currently hiring for two positions:
➤ Media and Communications Coordinator
➤ Protecting Future Generations Coordinator
Positions open until filled.
Learn more about each position and apply!
www.akaction.org/get-involved...
➤ Media and Communications Coordinator
➤ Protecting Future Generations Coordinator
Positions open until filled.
Learn more about each position and apply!
www.akaction.org/get-involved...
June 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We're hiring! ✨ ACAT is currently hiring for two positions:
➤ Media and Communications Coordinator
➤ Protecting Future Generations Coordinator
Positions open until filled.
Learn more about each position and apply!
www.akaction.org/get-involved...
➤ Media and Communications Coordinator
➤ Protecting Future Generations Coordinator
Positions open until filled.
Learn more about each position and apply!
www.akaction.org/get-involved...
UPCOMING Webinar 🖥️
Join ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social on June 17!
In this webinar, speakers from orgs leading breast cancer prevention work will share how they incorporate community input, and how this fosters more effective and equitable prevention strategies.
www.akaction.org/webinars/2025-6
Join ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social on June 17!
In this webinar, speakers from orgs leading breast cancer prevention work will share how they incorporate community input, and how this fosters more effective and equitable prevention strategies.
www.akaction.org/webinars/2025-6
June 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
UPCOMING Webinar 🖥️
Join ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social on June 17!
In this webinar, speakers from orgs leading breast cancer prevention work will share how they incorporate community input, and how this fosters more effective and equitable prevention strategies.
www.akaction.org/webinars/2025-6
Join ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social on June 17!
In this webinar, speakers from orgs leading breast cancer prevention work will share how they incorporate community input, and how this fosters more effective and equitable prevention strategies.
www.akaction.org/webinars/2025-6
This week, @govdunleavy.bsky.social will be holding his Sustainable Energy Conference, which highlights the voices of major fossil fuel advocates while largely excluding the voices of Alaskans most impacted by the climate and energy crises.
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
https://www.adn.com/opinions/2025/06/02/opinion-dunleavys-energy-conference-is-an-insult-to-alaskans-we-know-what-real-sustainability-looks-like
t.co
June 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This week, @govdunleavy.bsky.social will be holding his Sustainable Energy Conference, which highlights the voices of major fossil fuel advocates while largely excluding the voices of Alaskans most impacted by the climate and energy crises.
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
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Want to learn how we can hold health harming corporations to account? Join us 12pm PT, Thursday May 29 to hear about the work of the @UCSF Center to End Corporate Harm
SAVE THE DATE: 2 weeks from today - learn how to find corporate internal documents and what they tell us about industry strategies to promote health-harming products and delay regulations. With @TraceyJWoodruff and @NickZChartres @industrydocs
www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
Corporate Drivers of Disease: Exploring the UCSF Industry Documents Library
Health-harming products are contributing to a global rise in chronic disease. Studies estimate that fossil fuels, chemicals, alcohol, tobacco and ultra-processed foods are now responsible for...
www.healthandenvironment.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Want to learn how we can hold health harming corporations to account? Join us 12pm PT, Thursday May 29 to hear about the work of the @UCSF Center to End Corporate Harm
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TOMORROW - Learn about UCSF’s Center to End Corporate Harm, how to use the Industry Documents Library, and how researchers tap these internal documents to understand how corporations influence science & policy.
@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
May 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
TOMORROW - Learn about UCSF’s Center to End Corporate Harm, how to use the Industry Documents Library, and how researchers tap these internal documents to understand how corporations influence science & policy.
@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
Please help us welcome Courtney!
Courtney Moore is the Plastics & Petrochemicals Coordinator at ACAT, where she brings passion and purpose to environmental justice work. Born and raised in AK, she first got involved in advocacy during the No Pebble Mine campaign in 2022 and hasn’t looked back since.
Courtney Moore is the Plastics & Petrochemicals Coordinator at ACAT, where she brings passion and purpose to environmental justice work. Born and raised in AK, she first got involved in advocacy during the No Pebble Mine campaign in 2022 and hasn’t looked back since.
May 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Please help us welcome Courtney!
Courtney Moore is the Plastics & Petrochemicals Coordinator at ACAT, where she brings passion and purpose to environmental justice work. Born and raised in AK, she first got involved in advocacy during the No Pebble Mine campaign in 2022 and hasn’t looked back since.
Courtney Moore is the Plastics & Petrochemicals Coordinator at ACAT, where she brings passion and purpose to environmental justice work. Born and raised in AK, she first got involved in advocacy during the No Pebble Mine campaign in 2022 and hasn’t looked back since.
ACAT and Bear Tooth Theatrepub are hosting a special fundraiser screening of the film “Plastic People”!
🎬This award-winning feature documentary investigates our plastic addiction and the growing threat of microplastics to human health.
🎟️Tickets
beartooththeatre.filmbot.com/movies/plast...
🎬This award-winning feature documentary investigates our plastic addiction and the growing threat of microplastics to human health.
🎟️Tickets
beartooththeatre.filmbot.com/movies/plast...
May 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
ACAT and Bear Tooth Theatrepub are hosting a special fundraiser screening of the film “Plastic People”!
🎬This award-winning feature documentary investigates our plastic addiction and the growing threat of microplastics to human health.
🎟️Tickets
beartooththeatre.filmbot.com/movies/plast...
🎬This award-winning feature documentary investigates our plastic addiction and the growing threat of microplastics to human health.
🎟️Tickets
beartooththeatre.filmbot.com/movies/plast...
Reposted by ACAT
Putting the SUS in SUStainable Energy 👀! The Trump administration is in town for Gov. Dunleavy's conference on "sustainable energy". While they're inside, join with Alaskans outside the Dena'ina Center to tell them our lands are not for sale!
#Dunleavy #Sus #NotYourResourceWarehouse #DumpTrump
#Dunleavy #Sus #NotYourResourceWarehouse #DumpTrump
May 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Putting the SUS in SUStainable Energy 👀! The Trump administration is in town for Gov. Dunleavy's conference on "sustainable energy". While they're inside, join with Alaskans outside the Dena'ina Center to tell them our lands are not for sale!
#Dunleavy #Sus #NotYourResourceWarehouse #DumpTrump
#Dunleavy #Sus #NotYourResourceWarehouse #DumpTrump
ACAT's Samarys Seguinot Medina explores connections between Mother Earth and Indigenous communities around the world. She highlights plastic pollution as a threat to human health and the environment, especially in the Arctic.
EN www.soldemedianochenews.org/mother-earth-will-survive-and-humans.html
EN www.soldemedianochenews.org/mother-earth-will-survive-and-humans.html
Mother Earth Will Survive! And Humans...?
The month of April is known and celebrated as Mother Earth. In the Quechua and Aymara languages, “Pachamama” literally means “mother of the universe” or “mother of the world.” Pachamama...
www.soldemedianochenews.org
May 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
ACAT's Samarys Seguinot Medina explores connections between Mother Earth and Indigenous communities around the world. She highlights plastic pollution as a threat to human health and the environment, especially in the Arctic.
EN www.soldemedianochenews.org/mother-earth-will-survive-and-humans.html
EN www.soldemedianochenews.org/mother-earth-will-survive-and-humans.html
Action Alert 📢
In recent years, Alaska has seen a serious decline in certain fish, shellfish, and marine mammals that many communities rely on.
The trawling fleet’s bycatch of non-target species is one of the worst causes of this decline and the devastation of ocean floor habitat.
In recent years, Alaska has seen a serious decline in certain fish, shellfish, and marine mammals that many communities rely on.
The trawling fleet’s bycatch of non-target species is one of the worst causes of this decline and the devastation of ocean floor habitat.
May 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Action Alert 📢
In recent years, Alaska has seen a serious decline in certain fish, shellfish, and marine mammals that many communities rely on.
The trawling fleet’s bycatch of non-target species is one of the worst causes of this decline and the devastation of ocean floor habitat.
In recent years, Alaska has seen a serious decline in certain fish, shellfish, and marine mammals that many communities rely on.
The trawling fleet’s bycatch of non-target species is one of the worst causes of this decline and the devastation of ocean floor habitat.
ANCHORAGE - 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.
Register here: www.akaction.org/news/rachel-carson-celebration-2025
🪻This is a FREE event! All are welcome.
Register here: www.akaction.org/news/rachel-carson-celebration-2025
May 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
ANCHORAGE - 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.
Register here: www.akaction.org/news/rachel-carson-celebration-2025
🪻This is a FREE event! All are welcome.
Register here: www.akaction.org/news/rachel-carson-celebration-2025
This week is Women’s Health Week! Check out trusted resources from @che-healthenv.bsky.social, ACAT, and Zero Breast Cancer on reproductive health, environmental exposures, health & well-being, and more.
🔗 www.akaction.org/protectingourmamaqs
www.healthandenvironment.org
www.zerobreastcancer.org
🔗 www.akaction.org/protectingourmamaqs
www.healthandenvironment.org
www.zerobreastcancer.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This week is Women’s Health Week! Check out trusted resources from @che-healthenv.bsky.social, ACAT, and Zero Breast Cancer on reproductive health, environmental exposures, health & well-being, and more.
🔗 www.akaction.org/protectingourmamaqs
www.healthandenvironment.org
www.zerobreastcancer.org
🔗 www.akaction.org/protectingourmamaqs
www.healthandenvironment.org
www.zerobreastcancer.org