by Ben Boettger | Dec 21, 2023 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Homer Electric Association, Local Economies
Homer Electric Association’s directors have abandoned the co-op’s goal of becoming 50% renewable by 2025. At their Dec. 12 meeting, board members voted 6-3 to rescind the renewable goal and subsequently approved a new policy for HEA to “to encourage...
by David Knight | Dec 12, 2023 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
As the first rays of sunlight pierced through the misty morning haze, anticipation coursed through my veins. You are not supposed to watch your rod tip, waiting for it to bow to the secrets that lie beneath the glacier-fed waters (a watched kettle never boils), and...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Dec 7, 2023 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
In service to the Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu watershed and the living communities it supports, Inletkeeper is unwavering in our commitment to serving as both hardrock mining watchdogs and renewable energy advocates. Despite the prevailing rhetoric driven by the mining...
by Sue Mauger | Nov 30, 2023 | Climate Change, Healthy Habitat, Salmon, Uncategorized
BRIDGING THE “DATA TRANSFER” GAP In the field of conservation, it is not uncommon for researchers to end their grant reports and journal articles with an inspiring statement about the value of the study for land managers in their efforts to protect...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Aug 18, 2023 | Arts, Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Community, Energy & Alaska, Events, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Thank you to all the happy salmon supporters who connected with us at this year’s Salmonfest. The long hard work paid off, we are always happy to make a splash in the chaotic and joyous vortex that Salmonfest is. From a line-up of Salmon Champions speaking from...
by Ben Boettger | Jun 16, 2023 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat
In a recent decision hitting Hilcorp with a $265,500 fine for violating an approved drilling plan, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) cited the company’s “track record of regulatory noncompliance.” It sounds a lot like the...
