by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 8, 2020 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
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 Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 16, 2020 | Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Mike Dunleavy recently flew all the way to the east coast to stand by Donald Trump as he gutted rules under the nation’s “environmental magna carta” – the National Environmental Policy Act. Of course Mike Dunleavy has contorted himself in any number of ways to coddle...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 9, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
There is an enduring struggle in Cook Inlet to maintain a balance between developing oil and natural gas resources while also protecting the watershed’s rich biodiversity and thriving tourism and fishing industries. To date, the scale has tipped in favor of...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jun 21, 2020 | Energy & Alaska, Homer Electric Association, Pebble Mine
First impressions are often telling. Inletkeeper first met with Northern Dynasty in Homer in 2005, before the Candian junior mining interest – which had never before developed a mining project – formed the Pebble Limited Partnership. The meeting was...
