by Satchel Pondolfino | Aug 26, 2026 | Belugas, Cook Inlet, Lease Sales, Oil & Gas
The Marine Minerals Administration (MMA), formerly BOEM, is months behind their anticipated schedule – but we still expect the revised version of their new 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan to be released this year. When that happens, yearly sales in Cook...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Aug 26, 2026 | Cook Inlet, Johnson Tract Mine, Mining
Though the West side of Cook Inlet is the backyard of the most industrial corners of Alaska, it’s remained a safe haven for wildlife, commercial and subsistence harvest, and ecotourism. All of that could change if the proposed Johnson Tract gold mine is constructed....
by Ben Boettger | Aug 26, 2026 | Cook Inlet
Three years ago, I wrote that our gas-dependent utilities were looking at the problem of Cook Inlet gas scarcity “with one eye closed” and building solutions with one hand tied behind their back. Their coordinated effort to find new gas supplies...
by Aaron Ford | Aug 26, 2026 | Bears, blogs, Clean Water, Cook Inlet, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
In 2001, the US Department of Agriculture instituted the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protected nearly 60 million acres from road construction and timber harvesting across the US. Some of our most important intact forests were designated as Inventoried...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Aug 26, 2026 | Community, Cook Inlet, Healthy Habitat
Last month, the State of Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced its plan to give the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) nearly 20,000 acres of public land near Houston, Alaska, under a “public and charitable use”...
by Inletkeeper | Jun 23, 2026 | Cook Inlet, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas
From Los Angeles to Homer and Back: Across Watersheds, Against Extractivism By Rosalie Deglise Moore, 2026 Climate and Clean Water Intern Hello, all! My name is Rosalie. I am an Urban and Environmental Policy rising senior at Occidental College and Cook Inletkeeper’s...
