Inletkeeper Blog
Make Your Voice Heard for the Inlet!
Last week we asked you - our Inletkeepers - to stand up for Lower Cook Inlet and say “no” to the proposed oil and gas lease sale in Lower Cook Inlet. If you haven’t already signed the petition, please do so at inletkeeper.org/ls258 - and then share with 5 friends (or...
ALASKANS CALL FOR STOP TO TOXIC OIL DUMPING IN COOK INLET
STATE MAKES MOCKERY OF “RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT” BY LETTING OIL INDUSTRY INCREASE TOXIC POLLUTION IN PRIME BELUGA & FISH HABITAT Download the Press Release here HOMER, AK - Today a coalition of groups, filed by Trustees for Alaska, pressed the Alaska Department of...
Trading Food Security, Fisheries, and Local Economies for Temporary Gains: Oppose Lease Sale 258
Fishery health will drive Alaska’s future. By listening to longtime Alaskan fishermen and community elders, the message is clear: Alaska’s fisheries have changed, and not for the better. In 2020, federal managers closed the Pacific Cod fishery in Cook Inlet because of the “warm blob”–a phenomenon that will only become longer and appear more frequently with climate change. This summer, the Yukon salmon fishery crashed, causing many rural villages to rely on others for this coming winter.
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...
Politics, not Science, Define Alaska’s Permitting Process
At Inletkeeper, we often talk about the “myth of rigorous permitting.” And the state has provided us with a perfect example of what we mean with their water quality certification of the proposed Donlin Mine. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s...
Science & Solutions
As I read the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report (IPCC Sixth Assessment, Summary for Policymakers 2021), I was surprised. Not by the content. We have been hearing about wildfire and floods and melting glaciers for years. We have read we have until...
One Watershed, with Clean Water and Climate Justice for All
Image credit: 2017 Human Mosaic Aerial Art; Lead Artist: Mavis Muller; Photographer: John Newton The science is clear and lacking a hint of doubt - human activity is driving the degree and pace of climate change. While the data and scientific community have reached...
Stand to Protect Lower Cook Inlet
In case you do not get our quarterly newsletter, Stand to Protect Lower Cook Inlet was originally printed there. If you want to get our print newsletter, you can do so by becoming a member here! Stand to Protect Lower Cook Inlet: www.tinyurl.com/LeaseSale258 Update:...
Organic Matter Matters
Through the Central Kenai Peninsula’s Community Compost project, we’ve learned just how much organic matter matters in our watershed. At number three out of the top 100 solutions to reverse global warming (drawdown.org), reducing food waste will take a huge bite out...
The Future of Lower Cook Inlet
This past weekend there was quite the stir in Homer as a jack-up rig came down Cook Inlet, into Kachemak Bay, and around the spit. Meanwhile, California communities were hit with the news of a massive oil spill from a pipeline leak off the southern coast. These events...