by Cook Inletkeeper | Jun 3, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska
On June 2, 2020, a federal court ruled the Trump EPA must revise rules governing the Clean Water Act’s National Contingency Plan – which covers oil spill prevention and response in Alaska and across the United States. Inletkeeper joined Alaska Natives and...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 31, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat
Barack Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel once famously said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you could not do before.” Emmanuel must have had a crystal ball to channel...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 19, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
“Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. It puts the aspirations and needs of those who produce,...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 17, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
The Iditarod is truly the Last Great Race. But it has also struggled for funding in recent years, and in 2016, it capitulated to major sponsors – including Donlin Gold – to install a “gag rule,” which prohibits mushers from criticizing race...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 9, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine
Inletkeeper recently reported about Alaska’s unenviable status as the most toxic state in America due to pollution from large metal mines. Today, a new report issued today by Earthworks pulls back the curtain on Alaska’s phony permitting scheme, with key...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 2, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine
It’s curious why any Governor would continually poke a stick into the eye of his constituents, but Mike Dunleavy seems to have a unique penchant for it. In just the past several months, Mike Dunleavy’s apparent distaste for coastal Alaskans has taken a variety of...
