by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 24, 2021 | Civics, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
A few minutes after midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef, a glaring navigation hazard in Prince William Sound. The rest is history. Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS). And as we look back on the devastation...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 2, 2021 | Civics, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
On January 15, the Dunleavy Administration welcomed-in 2021 with new proposed rules to strip Alaskans of our rights to keep water in our streams and lakes to protect our fish (see original post, below). Now, in response to strong public pushback, the Alaska Department...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 4, 2021 | Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
Cook Inletkeeper today applauded the decision by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to cancel public hearings around the proposed million-acre Oil & Gas Lease Sale 258 in Lower Cook Inlet. BOEM’s move comes in the wake of President Biden’s...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 27, 2021 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
In early January, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) spit out an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 1 million acre + Oil & Gas Lease Sale 258. BOEM spent a mere 3 months on the EIS; never before had the federal government rushed through...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 13, 2021 | Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
In the last brutal days of the Trump Administration, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) threw a desperate lifeline to the oil and gas industry. On January 13, BOEM released a rushed and haphazard draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to pave the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 1, 2021 | Arts, Energy & Alaska, Local Economies
What is the common thread between Concord, NH; Denton, TX; Norman, OK and a growing number of American cities? They all have a commitment to 100% clean energy within the next 30 years. The transition from fossil fuels to renewables is inevitable. What’s not inevitable...
