At Cook Inletkeeper, we’re always looking for new and meaningful ways for our donors to create lasting impact by protecting the Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains. A surprisingly powerful, yet often overlooked, way to do that is through a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF). And right now, there’s a national movement that helps grants from your...
Much of Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu’s offshore oil and gas infrastructure is decades old and increasingly susceptible to leaks and failures. One of the hazards is “produced water,” a toxic, chemical-laden fluid that comes up with oil and gas. As pipelines and platforms rust and weaken, the risk of spills rises, threatening the health of our waters,...
The Co-Executive Director of Development will lead Inletkeeper’s fundraising and development strategy while sharing organizational leadership with our Co-Executive Director of Operations. This is a senior role with the opportunity to help shape the long-term direction, financial sustainability, and impact of a well-known Alaskan organization....
Demand That Your Representatives Slow Down and Do Their Job: Protect Alaskans First, Not Corporate Profits. For 50 years, Alaska has poured nearly $1 billion into failed gas pipeline schemes. Now, state leaders are pushing the same costly mistakes again with the latest AK LNG proposal, risking more of our money and our future. How can lawmakers...
When the environment’s protectors ally themselves with its looters, it falls to local people and local institutions to defend the waters and ecosystems on which we depend. With the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency bowing to fossil fuel interests, Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu is on the chopping block. This is our home, not a...
Join Our Team: Community Organizer (Part-Time – Homer, AK) Cook Inletkeeper is hiring a Community Organizer to help strengthen local climate action and community engagement on the Lower Kenai Peninsula! This position will play a key role in advancing Homer Drawdown, a community-led effort to implement local climate solutions, and in coordinating...
When oil spills happen, the industry's favorite response tool isn’t a mop or a containment boom — it’s a chemical cover-up. Oil dispersants like Corexit 9500A don’t actually clean up oil. They just break it into smaller particles, sinking it out of view. But out of sight doesn’t mean safe. In fact, dispersants mixed with oil can be more toxic...
Take Action: Wild Salmon Still Need Water — Sue Mauger Wild salmon define who we are as Alaskans; they shape our cultures, feed our families, and support our local economies. Yet today, Alaska’s laws and rules contain few hard and fast safeguards to protect the water and other habitats salmon need to thrive. More specifically, there is no...
West Susitna Access Road Project — Sue Mauger UPDATE (8/19/2024): The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities has refused to extend the short 30-day comment period beyond August 23rd, so NOW it's time to submit your comments about this industrial road project! You can submit comments online: https://westsuaccess.com/comments/...
Net Metering Continues at HEA — Josie Oliva Thank you to everyone who made comments to the Homer Electric Association (HEA) Board by calling, emailing, and attending the board meeting and showing your support for the net metering program. The good news is that the HEA board did NOT hold a vote on a resolution to suspend all future net metering...
