by Bridget Maryott | Jun 16, 2023 | Civics, Climate Change, Community
As the global climate crisis intensifies, its impact beyond ecological concerns is increasingly evident. Climate change affects us all, but it disproportionately affects vulnerable communities, including the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Environmental justice recognizes...
by Sue Mauger | May 22, 2023 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Uncategorized
It took less than 13 years for oil from Prudhoe Bay, traveling down the new Trans-Alaska Pipeline, to smother the coast and the life it sustained in Prince William Sound and beyond. From 1977 to 1989, the corporate and political promises seemed to be paying off for...
by Ben Boettger | Apr 25, 2023 | Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Community, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
Vote online in the HEA election here, or send your mail-in ballot by May 4. We can’t predict what energy system we’ll have in 2030, but it won’t be the one we have today.Since the 1960s, the majority of our electricity has been fueled by Cook Inlet natural gas. In...
by Bridget Maryott | Apr 20, 2023 | AK LNG, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Salmon
The Biden administration just approved exports from the Alaska LNG project, another carbon bomb that will lock us into 30 more years of planet-warming emissions. This massive $38 billion project involves building an 800-mile natural gas pipeline from the North Slope...
by Sue Mauger | Mar 16, 2023 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat
A Hilcorp contractor – SAExploration Seismic Services – is seeking a Miscellaneous Land Use Permit from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources to conduct a seismic survey this spring. To conduct the survey, SAE will detonate explosive shocks at 55-feet...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Mar 14, 2023 | Civics, Climate Change, Community, Events, Government
In April Inletkeeper will be supporting three pro-renewable energy candidates for the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors. In District 1 (Kenai-Nikiski), candidate Rob Ernst is a commercial fisherman and teacher recently retired from Nikiski High...
