by Inletkeeper | Sep 30, 2024 | Clean Water, climate, Cook Inlet, Healthy Habitat, salmon
Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership — Sue Mauger The Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership represents businesses, governments, landowners, Native Alaskans, and the non-profit community. Since its inception, the Partnership has brought together a diverse group of...
by Inletkeeper | Sep 30, 2024 | Clean Water, climate, Cook Inlet, Healthy Habitat, Mining, salmon
Protect the Susitna Valley:Renewed Threat of Coalbed Methane Drilling — Loren Barrett The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is once again considering a proposal to open 1.5 million undeveloped acres of the Susitna Valley for gas exploration—a decision that...
by Ben | Sep 23, 2024 | climate, Community, Cook Inlet, Events
Climate change can be a lonely and alienating issue. But solving it is a team sport. There’s literally nothing you can do alone that will reach the scale of the problem. Even the most climate-friendly individual choices make a difference only when many people...
by Inletkeeper | Aug 27, 2024 | blogs, climate, Cook Inlet, Energy & Alaska, Homer Electric Association, Local Economies
HEA Board Approves Contract for State’s Largest Solar Farm — Ben Boettger On August 13 the Homer Electric Association (HEA) board unanimously approved two measures in a single resolution: to buy the power from the planned Puppy Dog Lake solar farm – to be built...
by Inletkeeper | Jul 22, 2024 | blogs, climate, Cook Inlet, Energy & Alaska
Little Mount Susitna Wind Farm — Ben Boettger Earlier this month, Cook Inletkeeper commented in support of leasing state land to a planned 271-megawatt windfarm on Little Mount Susitna, a windy plateau west of its big sister, Mount Susitna, commonly known as Sleeping...
by Inletkeeper | Jul 19, 2024 | blogs, climate, Cook Inlet, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat
Lease Sale 258 Victory! Every Oil Spill Started with a Lease Sale On Tuesday, we celebrated a significant victory as a federal district court judge overturned Lease Sale 258 after we took our case to court! Thanks to your comments, the Interior Department...