by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 4, 2021 | Bears, Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
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...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 27, 2021 | Bears, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Uncategorized
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...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 13, 2021 | Bears, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
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...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Nov 25, 2020 | Bears, Civics, Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Pebble Mine, Salmon, Uncategorized
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...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 29, 2020 | Bears, Civics, Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine
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...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 3, 2020 | Bears, Belugas, blogs, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Johnson Tract Mine, Salmon
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 2020, Inletkeeper flew to the west side of Cook Inlet to meet with local residents and representatives of High...
