Households could see electric bills rise as much as $265 per year HOMER, AK — Alarm bells will be ringing for Southcentral Alaska if Donlin Mine pursues Cook Inlet natural gas to fuel its proposed massive gold mining operation in Western Alaska, with detrimental consequences for Alaskans’ utility bills. Cook Inletkeeper has just released an...
As the global climate crisis intensifies, its impact beyond ecological concerns is increasingly evident. Climate change affects us all, but it disproportionately affects vulnerable communities, including the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Environmental justice recognizes that marginalized communities often bear the disproportionate brunt of its...
The Biden administration just approved exports from the Alaska LNG project, another carbon bomb that will lock us into 30 more years of planet-warming emissions. This massive $38 billion project involves building an 800-mile natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to an export terminal in Nikiski. The project will emit 2.7 billion metric tons...
Wetland permits are critical to large mining and other industrial operations. The Dunleavy Administration, DEC, and mine promoters want to control wetland permitting to streamline the industrialization of areas like the Bristol Bay watershed. Unable to prevail in the court of public opinion or with the Federal EPA, the Dunleavy...
With the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), we saw steps forward on climate and clean energy but also steps backward, burdened with expanded oil & gas leasing and fast-tracked mining in Alaska. Linking clean energy development to decades of continued fossil fuel development impedes our goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050,...
December 30, 2019 Bob Shavelson The revelation that Gov. Mike Dunleavy parroted corporate talking points in his efforts to lobby the Trump administration to open the Pebble Mine should concern every Alaskan who cares about wild salmon and strong local economies. And it reveals a disturbing trend that ignores the rule of law and poses a direct...
