by Aaron Brakel | Sep 27, 2024 | Blog
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by Nathan Newcomer | Aug 2, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Tongass
UPDATE: The comment period has closed! Thanks to everyone who commented! The National Old Growth Amendment was introduced by the USDA as “a first-of-its-kind proposal to amend all 128 forest land management plans” to conserve old-growth forest conditions in response...
by SEACC | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog
Alaska’s water quality standards are supposed to be based in part on how much fish we eat. In reality, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation uses a Fish Consumption Rate of just 6.5 grams per day (we checked, it’s like one bite). That means our water...
by SEACC | Jul 18, 2024 | Blog
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by Aaron Brakel | Jul 17, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
It’s time to call for an end to cruise ship scrubber pollution in Alaska waters Do you want the good news or the bad news first? The bad news is large cruise ships visiting Alaska are discharging millions of gallons of pollution into Alaska waters daily. Most large...
by Nathan Newcomer | Jun 20, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Tongass
Big news for big trees? The Biden Administration has released draft plans for old-growth protections in our National Forests. What does that mean for the Tongass? Well, it’ll take some deep reading to know for sure, but you know we’re up to the challenge. Meanwhile,...
by SEACC | Jun 7, 2024 | Press Releases
Response to a 2015 SEACC petition acknowledges Alaskans’ high fish consumption rates and disproportionate health impacts The Environmental Protection Agency has demanded changes to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s water quality standards within...
by Maggie Rabb | Jun 7, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
Response to a 2015 SEACC petition acknowledges Alaskans’ high fish consumption rates and disproportionate health impacts Great news for people who love fish — we got a response from the EPA about a petition we filed way back in 2015 saying they’re requiring Alaska to...
by SEACC | May 4, 2024 | Ravencall
by Aaron Brakel | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
How long does it take you to read a 300-page novel? Now, how long do you think it would take to read 294 pages of a mine’s 5-year operating plan? OK, you don’t really have to answer that — we can tell you now that two weeks to read the Palmer...
