by Cook Inletkeeper | Nov 20, 2023 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Press Releases, Uncategorized
Personal Watercraft Not Allowed (again) in Kachemak Bay and Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Areas Homer, AK – Alaska Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman ruled in favor of plaintiffs: Cook Inletkeeper, Kachemak Bay Conservation Society, Friends of Kachemak Bay...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 29, 2023 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Press Releases
President Biden and the Department of Interior announced their final five-year plan today for offshore oil and gas leasing in federal waters from 2023 through 2028. The plan includes 3 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and no new lease sales in Lower Cook Inlet. ...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Aug 18, 2023 | Arts, Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Community, Energy & Alaska, Events, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Thank you to all the happy salmon supporters who connected with us at this year’s Salmonfest. The long hard work paid off, we are always happy to make a splash in the chaotic and joyous vortex that Salmonfest is. From a line-up of Salmon Champions speaking from...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts, Clean Water, Community, Salmon
Quyanaqvaa Tailucci!!! (Yup’ik: Oh how to thank you all for coming here!?!?!) For this year’s Salmonfest event: August 4-6, we, water protectors of Tikahtnu; Cook Inletkeeper, have worked diligently with the organizers to find speakers between performers, taking...
by Ben Boettger | Jun 16, 2023 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat
In a recent decision hitting Hilcorp with a $265,500 fine for violating an approved drilling plan, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) cited the company’s “track record of regulatory noncompliance.” It sounds a lot like the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jun 16, 2023 | Civics, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
On May 25th, we entered a new era of clean water work. For more than a generation, the Clean Water Act has been used to protect the waters of the United States. That work will be more difficult now. The Clean Water Act has been largely disempowered of its...
