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

By Bob Shavelson | January 13, 2021 | 0 Comments

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 […]

Is the Pebble Mine Dead?

By Bob Shavelson | November 25, 2020 | Comments Off on Is the Pebble Mine Dead?

On the day before Thanksgiving, Alaskans woke to astounding news: the Army Corps rejected a major permit for the Pebble mine. Never before had the Army Corps rejected a major permit for a large oil, gas or mining project in Alaska. Never. And it only came about after years and years of relentless pressure from […]

New Pebble Tapes: Alaskans Will Pay for Pebble Mine Development

By Bob Shavelson | October 29, 2020 | Comments Off on New Pebble Tapes: Alaskans Will Pay for Pebble Mine Development

Today another public relations bombshell tore into the Pebble Partnership, with the release of new tapes by the Environmental Investigation Agency showing Northern Dynasty’s Ron Thiessen bragging about the company’s political influence over Alaska Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski. Thiessen also boasts how Alaskans will pay at least $1.5 billion for the roads, ports […]

Johnson Tract Mine Prompts Big Questions

By Bob Shavelson | September 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Johnson Tract Mine Prompts Big Questions

Another hardrock mine has reared its head in Cook Inlet, and it’s raising big questions from local property owners, fishermen and businesses. In late August, Inletkeeper flew to the west side of Cook Inlet to meet with local residents and representatives of High Gold – the junior Canadian mining interest currently exploring the Johnson Tract. […]

Dunleavy Administration Admits it Rubber-Stamped Highly Flawed Permit for Donlin Mine

By Bob Shavelson | May 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Dunleavy Administration Admits it Rubber-Stamped Highly Flawed Permit for Donlin Mine

Government bureaucrats love to highlight Alaska’s work protecting our environment, because it helps sell the idea that Alaska’s “open for business.” The big mining, oil and gas corporations also like to tout Alaska’s green bona fides, because it helps insulate them from public criticism.  There’s only one problem: it’s all a lie. That’s because Alaska’s […]

Agency Experts: Pebble Review Still Fails the Test

By Bob Shavelson | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on Agency Experts: Pebble Review Still Fails the Test

When Pebble’s draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) came out last year, it was widely panned as a superficial nothing burger, designed simply to push the project to the next stage of the process.  How bad was it? So bad that agencies reporting to Donald Trump and Mike Dunleavy had this to say:   The Department of […]

Feige Shows State Bias in Pebble Letter to Corps

By Bob Shavelson | April 29, 2020 | Comments Off on Feige Shows State Bias in Pebble Letter to Corps

When it comes to development projects like the Pebble mine, our state agencies in Alaska are supposed to be neutral arbiters.  They can call balls and strikes, and but they’re not supposed to hit home runs for one side or another. But a recent letter from the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources makes […]

Dan Sullivan Needs to Tell the Army Corps: Support Alaskans, Not Pebble

By Bob Shavelson | April 6, 2020 | Comments Off on Dan Sullivan Needs to Tell the Army Corps: Support Alaskans, Not Pebble

Alaskans fighting the Pebble mine have largely focused their ire on Senator Lisa Murkowski, because she’s the more moderate politician and someone who might actually do something.  Dan Sullivan, on the other hand, has largely escaped scrutiny, because Alaskans know he’s a shameless toady for the billionaire Koch dynasty and deep in the pocket of […]

The Day the Bears Went Hungry

By Cook Inletkeeper | July 11, 2019 | Comments Off on The Day the Bears Went Hungry

Pebble Mine, Brown Bears & the Climate Crisis   For the past year, Inletkeeper has been studying the brown bears in Lower Cook Inlet, to understand the potential impacts on bears and the bear viewing industry from the proposed transportation corridor and export terminal from the Pebble Mine.  Lower Cook Inlet boasts the highest concentration of […]

Bear Viewing is Big Business in Cook Inlet. But Don’t Ask the Pebble People.

By Bob Shavelson | May 14, 2019 | Comments Off on Bear Viewing is Big Business in Cook Inlet. But Don’t Ask the Pebble People.

New study shows bear viewing industry supports nearly 500 jobs and more than $34 million in sales annually See Report Summary here & Full Report here. We’re getting tired talking about what a stupid idea it is to put a giant, toxic hole in the headwaters of the world’s greatest sockeye fishery.  We’ve grown uncomfortably […]

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