Inletkeeper Blog

When the Crazies Come
But seriously, here’s what Power the Future does: they represent the interests of the largest, richest and most powerful corporations on the planet, but they wrap themselves in the shameless veneer of the working man under assault from a fringe band of crazies hell bent on sending us all back to caves and candle light.

Kids or Corporations?
Alaska is the most profitable oil and gas province in the world. Yet under current forecasts, Alaska is staring down the barrel of a $1.6 billion deficit for the coming fiscal year. Governor Dunleavy came into office promising to cut expenses to balance our...

BP Squeezing More Money from Alaska Kids, Roads, Public Safety & Seniors
As Wally Hickle famously stated, Alaska is the “owner state.” It’s past time we started to act like one.
Pebble Mine says Everything is Fine at Industry Outlook Forum
I attended a presentation this week in Homer by Mark Hamilton, Vice President of External Affairs and mouthpiece for the Pebble mine, and it was remarkable on a couple fronts. First, the tone. Hamilton spoke down to the crowd like a seasoned used car salesman,...
Gov. Dunleavy Leaves Alaskans in a Ditch
Sue Mauger, Science Director at Cook Inletkeeper, connects the dots on climate change and calls out the negligence of Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy in his administration's swift removal of the Climate Action Plan from the official State website. Sign the petition to...

We are DONE with the Debate
ADD YOUR NAME to demand that Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy return the Climate Change Task Force information and action plan documents to the official state website. There is no debate. Our national reports read loud and clear: Alaska is warming faster than the rest of...

Stand For Salmon: The Long View
Written by Sue Mauger, Science Director We live in, play around and benefit from a salmon landscape. Wild salmon unite and define us as Alaskans. We pride ourselves in living differently up here, but we are making the same mistakes that others made across the world...

Exxon Says “No” Salmon on Ballot Measure 1
ExxonMobil has donated a total of $1 Million to vote "No’ for salmon on Ballot Measure 1. In 2017, Exxon Mobil Corporation earned 2nd place on the Fortune 500 list, making it the largest privately-owned oil and energy company in the world. Exxon enjoyed profits over...

Former U.S. Commissioner to Anadromous Fish Commission Says “Vote YES on 1!”
I spent 38 yrs. managing fisheries from California to the Arctic, and I support Ballot Measure 1. My career included: Salmonid (salmon, steelhead, trout) management as a Pacific and North Pacific Fishery Management Council member; developing amendments to the Forest...

Why are Native Corporations misleading their shareholders?
For the past 23 years, Cook Inletkeeper has worked hard for clean water and healthy habitat in Cook Inlet and around Alaska. When we worked alongside residents in Tyonek and Beluga to prevent a coal company from Texas from mining through 14 miles of salmon streams on...