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 8, 2020 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon, Uncategorized
Forty-five years ago a group of Alaskans with a passion for Cook Inlet took on the oil and gas industry. And in a remarkable David and Goliath battle, they prevailed. Thanks to this small but dogged group of fishermen, scientists, artists and activists, the epic view...
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...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 26, 2020 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Uncategorized
Alaska’s land, water and communities are facing a climate crisis, and we all know the problem. Surface air temperatures in the Arctic are rising at twice the rate of average global warming. A hotter, more arid atmosphere is melting the state’s iconic glaciers at a...
by Sue Mauger | Jul 13, 2020 | Climate Change, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Press Releases, Salmon, Uncategorized
A new study – led by University of Alaska researchers and in collaboration with Cook Inletkeeper – provides the first evidence that declines in many of Alaska’s Chinook salmon populations can be attributed in part to climate-driven changes in their...
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...
