by Inletkeeper | Sep 30, 2024 | Clean Water, Cook Inlet, Government, Healthy Habitat
Protect What You Love — Loren Barrett Just one more reminder before the PFDs are released that you will not see Cook Inletkeeper on the list of Pick.Click.Give. (PCG) organizations this year. We’re doing things a bit differently for 2024 to ensure your...
by Inletkeeper | Sep 30, 2024 | Clean Water, Cook Inlet, Government, Healthy Habitat, salmon
Wild Salmon Still Need Water Wild salmon define who we are as Alaskans; they shape our cultures, they feed our families, and they support our local economies. Yet today, Alaska’s laws and rules contain few hard and fast safeguards to protect the water and other...
by Ben | Feb 26, 2024 | Civics, climate, Energy & Alaska, Government, Local Economies
In a deliberative democracy, ideas that may start off rough have a chance to be polished and cleaned on the way to becoming policy. In legislative hearings, bills are scrutinized from many angles by many stakeholders. Although the process can be frustrating to watch,...
by Ben | Oct 17, 2023 | Civics, Energy & Alaska, Government
In February, Gov. Dunleavy created the Alaska Energy Security Task Force by executive order and charged them with making plans to lower the state’s energy costs. The Task Force intends to deliver a Statewide Energy Master Plan by Dec. 1 and is now taking public...
by Ben | Aug 16, 2023 | Clean Water, climate, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat
The Paris Agreement seeks to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels to give the planet a decent chance of avoiding the worst outcomes of climate change. To hit this target, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change calls for reducing...
by Ben | Jul 14, 2023 | climate, Energy & Alaska, Government, Local Economies
It’s been a little over a year since Hilcorp warned the local utilities, which depend on their gas supply, not to rely on future supply contracts from them. Since then, our four regional electric co-ops and gas distributor ENSTAR have been studying the...
