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Tell the EPA to Finish the Job & Defend Bristol Bay

By Liz Mering | May 26, 2022 | 0 Comments

On May 26, we started what we hope will be the LAST comment period advocating for strong protections under the Clean Water Act to defend Bristol Bay from destructive mining by a Canadian company. Many of you have been with us in this fight for years and years. Bristol Bay Native Corporation put together a […]

A Vision for Cook Inlet’s Next 25 Years

By Liz Mering | December 15, 2021 | Comments Off on A Vision for Cook Inlet’s Next 25 Years

I am incredibly honored by Bob, Sue, and of your trust as I step into the role Bob has, seemingly effortlessly, managed for so many years. As I inherit the “Inletkeeper” title from Bob, I’d like to share my vision for the future of the Cook Inlet watershed in the decades ahead: Alaska’s economy has […]

FEDS IGNORE SERIOUS IMPACTS TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, FISHERIES, WILDLIFE & BUSINESSES IN COOK INLET

By Liz Mering | December 15, 2021 | Comments Off on FEDS IGNORE SERIOUS IMPACTS TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, FISHERIES, WILDLIFE & BUSINESSES IN COOK INLET

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:     December 14, 2021  FOR MORE INFORMATION:     Liz Mering, Inletkeeper (907.235.3459)  FEDS IGNORE SERIOUS IMPACTS TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, FISHERIES, WILDLIFE & BUSINESSES IN COOK INLET President Biden promised no more offshore oil leasing, and Alaskans push the administration to use this authority and cancel Lease Sale 258 HOMER, AK […]

Protect our Bear Coast – Say No to Oil Spills

By Liz Mering | December 2, 2021 | Comments Off on Protect our Bear Coast – Say No to Oil Spills

Fat Bear Week brings the wonder and joy of our Cook Inlet bears to people around the world!  This year–for the fourth time!!–Otis (or brown bear 480) was crowned king!  Otis–relying on the amazing rich nutrients in Katmai–ended the season weighing over 1,000 pounds. Not the largest bear of the bunch but a survivor! Otis […]

Playing Russian Roulette with Lower Cook Inlet

By Liz Mering | November 15, 2021 | Comments Off on 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 spilled from a […]

You are Inletkeeper and Cook Inlet Needs You!

By Liz Mering | November 1, 2021 | Comments Off on 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 […]

New Report Shows Mining Not Alaska’s Next Golden Goose

By Bob Shavelson | April 6, 2021 | Comments Off on New Report Shows Mining Not Alaska’s Next Golden Goose

As Alaska girds for a future without the wave of petrodollars that fueled our early years, it’s time we decide how best to protect and develop the incredible natural resources that make the Great Land unique. A new report makes clear that hard rock mining will not fill the fiscal gap left by flagging oil […]

Inletkeeper Applauds Halt to Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Lease Sale Process

By Bob Shavelson | February 4, 2021 | Comments Off on Inletkeeper Applauds Halt to Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Lease Sale Process

Cook Inletkeeper today applauded the decision by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to cancel public hearings around the proposed million-acre Oil & Gas Lease Sale 258 in Lower Cook Inlet.  BOEM’s move comes in the wake of President Biden’s January 27 Executive Order placing a pause on all oil and gas leasing […]

Take Action to Protect Lower Cook Inlet from Oil & Gas Pollution

By Bob Shavelson | January 27, 2021 | Comments Off on Take Action to Protect Lower Cook Inlet from Oil & Gas Pollution

In early January, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) spit out an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 1 million acre + Oil & Gas Lease Sale 258. BOEM spent a mere 3 months on the EIS; never before had the federal government rushed through an environmental review so quickly, and BOEM’s haste […]

Trump Throws Lifeline to Big Oil With Last-Second Inlet Lease Sale

By Bob Shavelson | January 13, 2021 | Comments Off on Trump Throws Lifeline to Big Oil With Last-Second Inlet Lease Sale

In the last brutal days of the Trump Administration, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) threw a desperate lifeline to the oil and gas industry. On January 13, BOEM released a rushed and haphazard draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to pave the way for a million-acre oil and gas lease sale in the […]

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