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...
by Inletkeeper | Feb 27, 2026 | Belugas, Cook Inlet, Lease Sales, Oil & Gas, Press Releases
Traditional Tribal Nation, Community and Environmental Groups Notify Interior Department of Intent to Challenge Upcoming Offshore Oil-and-Gas Sale in Cook Inlet, Alaska Trump administration plans to hold sale in violation of Endangered Species Act, putting extremely...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Feb 19, 2026 | Johnson Tract Mine, Bears, Belugas, Cook Inlet, Mining
Introducing the proposed Johnson Tract Gold Mine to the public commonly elicits the same question: how can there be a mine in a National Park? Explaining that the local Native corporation has an inholding of approximately 20,000 acres within the park and is pursuing...
by Bridget Maryott | Nov 5, 2025 | AK LNG, Belugas, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
When the environment’s protectors ally themselves with its looters, it falls to local people and local institutions to defend the waters and ecosystems on which we depend. With the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency bowing to fossil fuel interests,...
