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Playing Russian Roulette with Lower Cook Inlet

Playing Russian Roulette with Lower Cook Inlet

Over the last fifty years, U.S. waters  have been affected by almost 50 oil spills over 420,000 gallons.  A few of the most famous are:  Santa Barbara, California (1969): 3 million  gallons spilled from an offshore platform blowout creating a 35 mile long oil slick.  Exxon Valdez, Alaska (1989): 10.8 million gallons...

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Make Your Voice Heard for the Inlet!

Make Your Voice Heard for the Inlet!

Last week we asked you - our Inletkeepers - to stand up for Lower Cook Inlet and say “no” to the proposed oil and gas lease sale in Lower Cook Inlet. If you haven’t already signed the petition, please do so at inletkeeper.org/ls258 - and then share with 5 friends (or five more friends!)! Many of you have reached out to ask what more you can do to...

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Trading Food Security, Fisheries, and Local Economies for Temporary Gains: Oppose Lease Sale 258

Trading Food Security, Fisheries, and Local Economies for Temporary Gains: Oppose Lease Sale 258

Central to most Alaskan’s plates are salmon and other foods from the sea. It’s hard to visit Kachemak Bay without also enjoying fresh oysters or beer-battered fish. Halibut and salmon are common freezer staples all year long. It’s hard to imagine Alaska without this plentiful bounty. Given our high food costs, many Alaskan families supplement...

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You are Inletkeeper and Cook Inlet Needs You!

You are Inletkeeper and Cook Inlet Needs You!

You are Inletkeeper - and NOW is a critical time to stand up for Cook Inlet. Last Friday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed oil and gas lease sale in Lower Cook Inlet. We now have 45 days to explain to our government why this lease sale should be canceled. The Biden...

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Politics, not Science, Define Alaska’s Permitting Process

Politics, not Science, Define Alaska’s Permitting Process

At Inletkeeper, we often talk about the “myth of rigorous permitting.” And the state has provided us with a perfect example of what we mean with their water quality certification of the proposed Donlin Mine.  The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) mission is “conserving, improving, and protecting Alaska’s natural...

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Organic Matter Matters

Organic Matter Matters

Through the Central Kenai Peninsula’s Community Compost project, we’ve learned just how much organic matter matters in our watershed. At number three out of the top 100 solutions to reverse global warming (drawdown.org), reducing food waste will take a huge bite out of methane emissions, something cold-water fish like our beloved salmon will...

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