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
🌿 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...
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...
In this series, ACAT and @che-healthenv.bsky.social offer tips on how to tackle #misinformation and #disinformation.
📲 Remember: Stay informed, know when to disengage, leverage trusted sources that rely on scientific evidence, and help your loved ones do the same.
📲 Remember: Stay informed, know when to disengage, leverage trusted sources that rely on scientific evidence, and help your loved ones do the same.
July 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
In this series, ACAT and @che-healthenv.bsky.social offer tips on how to tackle #misinformation and #disinformation.
📲 Remember: Stay informed, know when to disengage, leverage trusted sources that rely on scientific evidence, and help your loved ones do the same.
📲 Remember: Stay informed, know when to disengage, leverage trusted sources that rely on scientific evidence, and help your loved ones do the same.
🔎 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
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.
A portion of your ticket purchase will support ACAT’s work to secure a strong international plastics treaty that protects the climate and our health.
GIVEAWAY❗
🎟️ We’re doing a drawing for two complimentary tickets! Enter before 6/10 by...
1) Following us
2) Liking this post
3) Reposting
GIVEAWAY❗
🎟️ We’re doing a drawing for two complimentary tickets! Enter before 6/10 by...
1) Following us
2) Liking this post
3) Reposting
May 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A portion of your ticket purchase will support ACAT’s work to secure a strong international plastics treaty that protects the climate and our health.
GIVEAWAY❗
🎟️ We’re doing a drawing for two complimentary tickets! Enter before 6/10 by...
1) Following us
2) Liking this post
3) Reposting
GIVEAWAY❗
🎟️ We’re doing a drawing for two complimentary tickets! Enter before 6/10 by...
1) Following us
2) Liking this post
3) Reposting
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...
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
Next week on May 15, @che-healthenv.bsky.social and ACAT will present “The Toxic Legacy of U.S. Military Sites: Health & Human Rights for the People of Sivuqaq.”
➡️ Register for this webinar now! www.akaction.org/webinars/202...
➡️ Register for this webinar now! www.akaction.org/webinars/202...
May 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Next week on May 15, @che-healthenv.bsky.social and ACAT will present “The Toxic Legacy of U.S. Military Sites: Health & Human Rights for the People of Sivuqaq.”
➡️ Register for this webinar now! www.akaction.org/webinars/202...
➡️ Register for this webinar now! www.akaction.org/webinars/202...
On behalf of ACAT and @toxicsfree.bsky.social, Environmental Health Director Samarys Seguinot Medina gives her intervention on the first day in Geneva for the 2025 Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs). 🙌
May 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
On behalf of ACAT and @toxicsfree.bsky.social, Environmental Health Director Samarys Seguinot Medina gives her intervention on the first day in Geneva for the 2025 Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs). 🙌
Last summer, Chloé joined us as an Environmental Health Law & Justice Intern from UC Berkeley’s Environmental Law Clinic, researching and analyzing environmental justice and human rights issues pertaining to contaminated sites on Sivuqaq.
April 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Last summer, Chloé joined us as an Environmental Health Law & Justice Intern from UC Berkeley’s Environmental Law Clinic, researching and analyzing environmental justice and human rights issues pertaining to contaminated sites on Sivuqaq.
Anchorage! Join us TOMORROW evening for the final film in our Mother Earth Justice Film Series, “UNEARTH”, hosted in collaboration with @akjusttransition.bsky.social, @nativemvmnt.bsky.social, @salmonstateak.bsky.social & the Alaska Center. 🌎🌿
🎟️Register: www.akaction.org/news/mother-earth-justice
🎟️Register: www.akaction.org/news/mother-earth-justice
April 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Anchorage! Join us TOMORROW evening for the final film in our Mother Earth Justice Film Series, “UNEARTH”, hosted in collaboration with @akjusttransition.bsky.social, @nativemvmnt.bsky.social, @salmonstateak.bsky.social & the Alaska Center. 🌎🌿
🎟️Register: www.akaction.org/news/mother-earth-justice
🎟️Register: www.akaction.org/news/mother-earth-justice
🖥️ Next week on April 24, ACAT and @che-healthenv.bsky.social will host a webinar with Dr. Mark Miller and Dr. Catherine Metayer exploring challenges & opportunities in childhood cancer prevention. @berkeleypublichlth.bsky.social
➡️Register here: www.akaction.org/webinars/2025-4
➡️Register here: www.akaction.org/webinars/2025-4
April 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🖥️ Next week on April 24, ACAT and @che-healthenv.bsky.social will host a webinar with Dr. Mark Miller and Dr. Catherine Metayer exploring challenges & opportunities in childhood cancer prevention. @berkeleypublichlth.bsky.social
➡️Register here: www.akaction.org/webinars/2025-4
➡️Register here: www.akaction.org/webinars/2025-4
ACAT is holding a FREE film series to uplift inspiring stories about environmental justice and provide a community space for dialogue that will lead to action.
🎬The final film in the series is the award-winning documentary "UNEARTH". 🌎🌿
🎟️Register here! www.akaction.org/news/mother-earth-justice
🎬The final film in the series is the award-winning documentary "UNEARTH". 🌎🌿
🎟️Register here! www.akaction.org/news/mother-earth-justice
April 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
ACAT is holding a FREE film series to uplift inspiring stories about environmental justice and provide a community space for dialogue that will lead to action.
🎬The final film in the series is the award-winning documentary "UNEARTH". 🌎🌿
🎟️Register here! www.akaction.org/news/mother-earth-justice
🎬The final film in the series is the award-winning documentary "UNEARTH". 🌎🌿
🎟️Register here! www.akaction.org/news/mother-earth-justice