by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 2, 2020 | Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
In late September, the “Pebble Tapes” dropped like a bomb on the Pebble Partnership, blasting public relations shrapnel through the Canadian corporation that will draw blood for a long time. As Pebble staggers through the smoke and fog of the Pebble Tape’s fallout,...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 1, 2020 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine
For the past 15 years, Cook Inletkeeper and its partners have hosted electronics recycling (e-cycling) events around the Kenai Peninsula. As this year’s events fast approach, it’s important to understand the many advantages of recycling electronic waste. One of...
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 | Sep 3, 2020 | Bears, Belugas, blogs, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Johnson Tract Mine, Salmon
Another hardrock mine has reared its head in Cook Inlet, and it’s raising big questions from local property owners, fishermen and businesses. In late August 2020, Inletkeeper flew to the west side of Cook Inlet to meet with local residents and representatives of High...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 3, 2020 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon, Uncategorized
Over the past five years, as we’ve developed our local foods programming, the value of building and supporting local food systems has become increasingly clear in our work to protect the Cook Inlet watershed.The United Nations refers to food, energy and water as the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 28, 2020 | Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Talk is cheap, but numbers don’t lie. Northern Dynasty Minerals (NAK) – the junior Candian mining interest behind the proposed Pebble mine – did its damndest to hype its stock in the lead-up to the much-anticipated release of its Environmental Impact...
