Inletkeeper Blog
Stop Climate Denier Scott Pruitt from Running EPA
Scott Pruitt is a climate change denier. As a Oklahoma Attorney General he has sued the EPA more than a dozen times to try to block regulations that protect our air, water and climate. There are a lot of frightening nominees to speak out against right now, but we...
AOGCC Fracking Hearing – March 23, 2017
The Issue: Current rules do not allow Alaskans to review and comment on applications for oil & gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations near their homes and communities. In September 2016, Inletkeeper petitioned the Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation...
Hilcorp Gas Leak in Cook Inlet
On February 8, Alaskans learned Texas-based Hilcorp Alaska had “discovered” a large leak from a natural gas fuel line supplying power to platforms on Middle Ground Shoal in Cook Inlet. Several weeks later, we learned Hilcorp knew – or should have known – about the...
Sitka Harbor System Certified as Alaska’s 4th Clean Harbor
SITKA, AK – A year and a half after signing the Alaska Clean Harbors pledge, the ACH Advisory Committee certified the Sitka Harbor System as an Alaska Clean Harbor during their October meeting. The ACH Advisory Committee, the certifying body for the statewide program,...