by Satchel Pondolfino | Aug 26, 2026 | Belugas, Cook Inlet, Lease Sales, Oil & Gas
The Marine Minerals Administration (MMA), formerly BOEM, is months behind their anticipated schedule – but we still expect the revised version of their new 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan to be released this year. When that happens, yearly sales in Cook...
by Inletkeeper | Aug 25, 2026 | Belugas, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8/25/2026 MORE INFORMATION: Satchel Pondolfino, Clean Water Lead, 907-235-4068 x26 The North Trading Bay Sheen Reinforces the Need to Dismantle Retired Infrastructure HOMER, AK — Cook Inletkeeper calls for the relevant...
by Aaron Ford | Jul 20, 2026 | Belugas, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Oil & Gas
In the last two weeks, the Trump administration has pushed through three new federal rules that gut the Endangered Species Act (ESA). These changes repeal the ESA’s definition of “harm,” strip protections from threatened species, and hand more power to oil, gas, and...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Jun 16, 2026 | Bears, Belugas, Johnson Tract Mine, Local Economies, Mining
The proposed Johnson Tract Mine would industrialize one of the last undeveloped pockets of Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu, spurring an onslaught of traffic from military-sized planes, ore-hauling trucks, and barges through the park daily. We know that this, alongside the...
by Ben Boettger | Jun 16, 2026 | AK LNG, Belugas, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas
Pundits and politicos have been talking nonstop about Alaska LNG, the proposed 800-mile pipeline from North Slope gas fields to a liquefaction and export terminal in Nikiski. In Juneau, legislative committees have held months of hearings on pricing and revenue models...
by Inletkeeper | Jun 4, 2026 | AK LNG, Belugas, Climate Change, Cook Inlet, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2026 CONTACT: Ben Boettger, (603) 306-1352 New Report Warns Alaska LNG Pipeline Would Threaten Critically Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales and Coastal Communities A new report released today by Earth Insight, in partnership with Cook...
