by Ben Boettger | Dec 2, 2022 | Clean Water, Community, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
In October, engineer and entrepreneur Patrick Simpson, who’s working on a mobile deviceto recycle ocean waste into plastic lumber, produced his first run of plastic 2x4s. Since June,Inletkeeper and our partners have contributed to the effort by collecting plastic...
by Sue Mauger | Dec 1, 2022 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
As Alaskans pay over $4/gallon at the pump, Exxon Mobil Corp. made record-breaking 3rdquarter profits. With rising demand and an undersupplied energy market amplified byWestern sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, the planet-warming dirty money...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 1, 2022 | Community, Healthy Habitat, Salmon, Uncategorized
— Sarah Anne Sulzer This year, I connected with Inletkeeperafter my mom and I went into the Community Action Studio in Soldotna. I love animals and got hooked feeding the baby goats and chickens through the Community Compost project. I’m passionate about climate...
by David Knight | Dec 1, 2022 | Climate Change, Community, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
Just weeks after January 6th 2021, a moment in U.S. history when dark clouds of hopelessnessand anxiousness overshadowed what should have been a celebration of democracy, AmandaGorman became the youngest inaugural poet, reciting her poem “The Hill We Climb” at...
by Sue Mauger | Dec 1, 2022 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat
It’s easy to feel alone in the conviction that now is the time to stop developingnew oil & gas leases in Alaska. In 2022, we’ve seen Congress mandate that Lease Sale 258 in the federal watersof Lower Cook Inlet move forward before the end of the year; and the...
by Bridget Maryott | Nov 30, 2022 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat
With the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), we saw steps forward on climate and clean energy but also steps backward, burdened with expanded oil & gas leasing and fast-tracked mining in Alaska. Linking clean energy development to decades of continued...
