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It is difficult to imagine a worse pick than Jason Brune for DEC commissioner. He has spent the last two decades advocating for virtually every mining project in Alaska. He was literally the spokesman for the Pebble Mine.

  1. Jason Brune has spent the bulk of his career working for mining companies or their advocacy groups.
    1. 11 years as executive director of the Resources Development Council, a mining group.
    2. 3 years as spokesman for the Pebble Mine
    3. Board member of Alaska Miners Association
    4. Ran a mining industry PAC to spend corporate money in Alaska elections
  2. He was not honest in the Senate Resources Committee. He said he has not made his mind up yet on Pebble. He has. He has repeatedly said he favors the mine.
  3. He has been extremely pro-Pebble on social media.
  4. He is simply not neutral. He cannot be a fair decision-maker on Pebble.
  5. Because he has spent his entire career in industry, he will probably do that again when he leaves. He shouldn’t be auditioning for his next mining job while he is issuing mining permits.

The Dunleavy administration can’t blame residents for Alaska’s black eye on resource development

By Bob Shavelson | July 7, 2021

If you were alive in the 1970s, you probably remember the “Crying Native American” ad. It came in the wake of the first Earth Day, when millions of Americans flocked to the streets, driven by fresh visions of burning pollution in Ohio’s Cuyahoga River and the outrage of blackened California beaches after the Unocal oil […]

Cook Inlet Watershed Survey

By Sue Mauger | June 24, 2021

After a year of not seeing our longtime supporters due to the pandemic or the opportunity to meet new people with different perspectives at in-person events, we really wanted to hear directly from Alaskans. So, we developed a survey to understand community-specific concerns about threats to water resources—both old and new—as we consider future projects […]

The Donlin Mine: Alaska’s Latest Poster Child for Reckless Development

By Bob Shavelson | June 10, 2021

Alaskans are blessed with an abundance unlike anywhere else. And that abundance translates to a richness of life we all savor.  It’s hard to find anyone who voted for Trump or Biden who disagrees: we all love Alaska. So, why are we squandering this rich legacy for short term profit? And why are we allowing […]

From Roe to River and Back Again: Deepening Water Curiosity & the Life Cycle of Data

By Taylor | May 26, 2021

By Claire Babbott-Bryan, Climate Change and Wild Salmon Intern I’ve been a water nerd my whole life. It began, as it so often does, with the third-grade interdisciplinary river unit. In English class, we wrote poetry personifying the local biota. In art, we crafted ceramic salmon plaques. My favorite was science class, where we learned […]

Inletkeeper Joins Suit to Stop Dunleavy from Fouling Cook Inlet

By Bob Shavelson | April 27, 2021

When President Biden took office, he promptly delivered on his campaign promise to address climate change by pausing new oil and gas leasing in federal waters until his Administration could review the leasing program. The pause put the brakes on proposed federal Lease Sale 258, which had been rushed through in a matter of months […]