by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 23, 2020 | Arts, Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Events, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Uncategorized
Kohtr’elneyh • Remembering Forward • Alaska’s Just Transition Summit, January 8 – 10, 2020 • Fairbanks Kohtr’elneyh (We Remember) is the Lower Tanana language of the Benhti’ Kenaga https://www.justtransitionak.org/ So what is a Just...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 4, 2019 | Civics, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
It’s safe to say Mike Dunleavy is the least popular governor in state history, and for good reason. He ran for office on a wave of dark money, with the phony promise every Alaskan would get a $6,700 PFD check. Then he locked arms with the billionaire Koch Brothers and...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 22, 2019 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Uncategorized
2014 fire on Hilcorps’ Baker Platform in Cook Inlet The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has extended public comment on proposals to transfer BP pipelines and other assets – including BP’s interests in the Trans Alaska Pipeline (TAPs) to Hilcorps. The new...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 16, 2019 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
In the 1960’s and 1970’s, Americans joined together to secure some of the best air, land and water protections in the world. Then the pendulum started to swing back, with billions of dollars from corporations, think tanks and phony “astroturf” groups pushing an...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 15, 2019 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
Hilcorp’s seismic air gun blasting program started in full force this past weekend, with the seismic vessel Polarcus Alima running transects across some of the most important fish and whale habitat in Lower Cook Inlet. You can get an update on Hilcorp’s daily...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 10, 2019 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon, Uncategorized
As fishermen left the Homer Harbor Monday morning (September 9) to longline halibut in Lower Cook Inlet, the 273’ seismic vessel Polarcus Alima darkened the horizon in Kachemak Bay. The vessel had turned off its AIS vessel tracking system after leaving Japan last...
