by Cook Inletkeeper | May 14, 2019 | Bears, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Pebble Mine, Salmon
New study shows bear viewing industry supports nearly 500 jobs and more than $34 million in sales annually See Report Summary here & Full Report here. We’re getting tired talking about what a stupid idea it is to put a giant, toxic hole in the headwaters of the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Apr 9, 2019 | Civics, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Court Dismisses Pebble’s Bogus Effort to Silence Fishermen Dunleavy Administration Wastes State Money on Frivolous Lawsuit In April we wrote about Pebble’s ham-fisted attempts to silence Bristol Bay fishermen with a frivolous lawsuit (see below). Today,...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 28, 2019 | Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
If you’re a semi-conscious Alaskan, you probably know by now the billionaire Koch brothers have their hands around the throat of democracy in the Last Frontier. You may recall how the Koch Brother’s front groups – the Alaska Policy Forum, Power the Future, and...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 27, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Featured photo: Michael Melford The Army Corps of Engineers began their public hearings in Naknek, AK on Monday for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement regarding the proposed Pebble Mine Plan. At the same time that residents from rural Alaska make arrangements to...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 20, 2019 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
< Submit your Public Comment online here > When I interviewed for my job with Cook Inletkeeper in 1995, the hiring committee handed me a draft Clean Water Act permit for oil and gas discharges in Cook Inlet, and asked me how I would change it to reduce pollution....
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 5, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
The Pebble people are pulling out all the stops. With the Trump and Dunleavy Administrations in power, Pebble knows now is the time to ram through a giant open-pit mine in the headwaters of the richest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. But Pebble knows a strong...
