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Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management: Safe, Healthy and Sustainable Alaska Communities

The 31st annual Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management (ATCEM), organized by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), convened in Anchorage, bringing together Indigenous leaders, environmental experts, policymakers, and community stakeholders to share experiences, inform change, and drive action. This year’s event featured a range of discussions, workshops, and presentations customized to ATCEM’s six tracks: capacity building, community infrastructure, solid waste, contaminated sites, One Health and resilience. A central theme throughout the conference was increasing youth engagement and how

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Federal government awards $24.2 million for renewable energy project increasing affordability of clean water access in four Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta communities

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended $24.2 million in funding through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program (CPRG) for an ANTHC-led project to install 1 MW wind turbines and battery energy storage systems in the communities of Chevak and Toksook Bay. These clean energy projects will be transformative for both local microgrids, providing more than half of the electricity used in Chevak and Toksook Bay. The projects will also benefit the electrically intertied communities of Nightmute and Tununak. ANTHC’s Rural Energy

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Alaska communities to receive more than $440 million to improve water and wastewater infrastructure

The Indian Health Service (IHS) recently announced Alaska is receiving more than $440 million to improve sanitation infrastructure in communities across the state. The funding is awarded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021, Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS), and the FY23 IHS enacted budget. Championed by the Alaska Congressional Delegation, funding through IIJA will enable numerous communities to obtain access to modern water and wastewater systems, many for the first time ever. The Alaska Native Tribal Health

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ANTHC awarded two U.S. patents for rural sanitation and infrastructure projects

From its inception, ANTHC has been dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of Alaska Native people. Meeting the unique public health challenges of rural Alaska’s communities takes more than dedication and perseverance. Sometimes it takes ingenuity.  John Warren, a civil engineer and director of Standards and Innovation at ANTHC, knows the public health, safety and climate issues concerning rural communities. He works with ANTHC Environmental Health and Engineering engineers and public health specialists who turn ideas into

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