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Senate Bill 67 Signed Into Law, Banning PFAS Chemicals From Firefighting Foams
Senate Bill 67 Signed Into Law, Banning PFAS Chemicals From Firefighting Foams ANCHORAGE, AK – Senate Bill (SB) 67 was passed into law on the morning of July 22, phasing out the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foams in Alaska. Since the governor did not sign or veto the bill ...
Action Alert! Stop Uranium Mining Near Elim, Alaska
Urgent action needed! Send a comment to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources urging them to deny Panther Minerals AK Inc. permission to drill 50 holes in vital wetlands near the community of Elim, Alaska. We must fight to keep our rivers clean from dangerous uranium exploration. Share your ...
Federal Court Reverses Offshore Oil Lease Sale That Threatened Belugas off Alaska’s Coast
Federal Court Reverses Offshore Oil Lease Sale That Threatened Belugas off Alaska’s Coast A Cook Inlet beluga calf swims with three larger beluga whales. (Paul Wade / NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center) ANCHORAGE, AK — National and community-based environmental groups celebrated a legal victory on Tuesday, when a federal district ...
Legal Petition to Interior Department Urges Climate Analysis, Phasedown of Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline
Legal Petition to Interior Department Urges Climate Analysis, Phasedown of Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline ANCHORAGE, AK — Several environmental groups filed a legal petition today asking the Department of the Interior for a new analysis of the climate damage and other harms related to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. The petition ...
Alaska and National Groups Take Legal Action To Defend EPA’s Prohibition on Large-Scale Mines Like Pebble in Bristol Bay
Alaska and National Groups Take Legal Action To Defend EPA’s Prohibition on Large-Scale Mines Like Pebble in Bristol Bay ANCHORAGE, AK – Alaska and national groups filed a motion to intervene in U.S. District Court on Friday to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s prohibition of the Pebble mine ...