by Ben Boettger | Feb 17, 2023 | Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Local Economies
Cook Inlet natural gas – the fuel for roughly 85% of our region’s electricity – could fall short by 2027, according to a report released in January by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Previous DNR gas supply studies have estimated that prices would...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 9, 2023 | Clean Water, Community, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
Cook Inletkeeper runs on your support, yes, your support. You help keep the lights on and the building warm; you help us keep an eye on developments in our state, region, and communities. We help keep our community keen with real stories, real science, and real...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 2, 2022 | Community, Local Economies
Alaska Food Hub is nearing completion of its seventh year of operation. It has weathered someextreme circumstances, even thrived in them. We have proved, and continue to prove, that oursystems work, our service keeps our communities safe, our software capabilities...
by Ben Boettger | Dec 1, 2022 | Energy & Alaska, Homer Electric Association, Local Economies
We who care about climate action often fool ourselves into only seeing two paths ahead: “topdown”and “bottom-up.” We pivot between too-small individual behavioral changes and too insurmountableinstitutional changes without seeing the local and regional actions in...
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 Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 5, 2022 | Local Economies
My childhood was filled with happy meals and the cool toys that came with them, an occasional McRiblet sandwich, and hours on the golden arches’ playgrounds before and after school. My father put in 47 years working in Georgia for McDonald’s. Although my...
