by Ben Boettger | Nov 19, 2025 | Coalbed Methane
In October, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources decided it’s in the state’s best interest to give a company the right to explore for methane (a.k.a natural gas) in two areas of the largely undisturbed Susitna Valley. The Susitna River and its many...
by Loren Barrett | Sep 30, 2024 | Mining, Coalbed Methane, Oil & Gas, West Su Access Road
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 Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 8, 2022 | Climate Change, Coalbed Methane, Energy & Alaska, Mining
Almost a million acres in the Susitna Basin are under threat by a plan by the state to issue two licenses for exploration and possibly future drilling for Coalbed methane. (links to the state documents below) Take action here – this link will take you to a form...
by Sue Mauger | Mar 1, 2022 | Climate Change, Coalbed Methane, Energy & Alaska, West Su Access Road
Cook Inletkeeper has been keeping a watchful eye on the west side of the Susitna River for years. When the state of Alaska permitted a 315-mile right-of-way for a gas pipeline to fuel the proposed Donlin Gold Mine, cutting a massive swath from Cook Inlet, over the...
