by Cook Inletkeeper | Nov 18, 2020 | Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Pebble Mine, Salmon
When I was young and my mom thought I was running with the wrong crowd, she had a simple admonition: if you lay down in the gutter, you get up dirty. That was long ago. But today, when I look at our industry “partners” in Alaska, it feels like we’re wallowing in the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 29, 2020 | Bears, Civics, Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine
Today another public relations bombshell tore into the Pebble Partnership, with the release of new tapes by the Environmental Investigation Agency showing Northern Dynasty’s Ron Thiessen bragging about the company’s political influence over Alaska Senators Dan...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 26, 2020 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Uncategorized
Background: The Exxon Valdez Trustees Council (EVOSTC) was established after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill to oversee restoration of the injured ecosystem through the use of the $900 million civil settlement. The Council consists of three state and three federal trustees...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 2, 2020 | Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
In late September, the “Pebble Tapes” dropped like a bomb on the Pebble Partnership, blasting public relations shrapnel through the Canadian corporation that will draw blood for a long time. As Pebble staggers through the smoke and fog of the Pebble Tape’s fallout,...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 1, 2020 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine
For the past 15 years, Cook Inletkeeper and its partners have hosted electronics recycling (e-cycling) events around the Kenai Peninsula. As this year’s events fast approach, it’s important to understand the many advantages of recycling electronic waste. One of...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 17, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat
As the fishing season hit its stride this summer, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune sent a letter to commercial fishermen about the hazards of dumping raw sewage close to shore. And while sewage management — especially on smaller...
