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Mouth to Mouth Wild Run & Ride – Letting Go to Look Forward
Mouth to Mouth Wild Run & Ride - Letting Go to Look Forward After 11 years, Cook Inletkeeper is bidding farewell to its annual community beach race FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb 12, 2024 MORE INFORMATION: David Knight, Race Coordinator (907) 252-3480 Soldotna, AK - A beloved springtime staple for...
Inletkeeper Kicks off New Solution Focused on Salmon Habitat
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:January 30, 2025 MORE INFORMATION:Kaitlin Vadla, Inletkeeper Regional Director (907) 252-6525David Knight, Community Engagement Coordinator (907) 252-3480 Inletkeeper Kicks off New Solution Focused on Salmon Habitat Soldotna, AK - After five years of implementing local...
Federal Court Reverses Offshore Oil Lease Sale 258 That Threatened Belugas off Alaska’s Coast
Victory — Ruling in favor of environmental groups highlights concerns about endangered whales ANCHORAGE, AK — National and community-based environmental groups celebrated a legal victory on Tuesday, when a federal district court judge overturned an offshore oil-and-gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook...
Donlin Mine Set to Impact Alaskans’ Utility Bills
Households could see electric bills rise as much as $265 per year HOMER, AK — Alarm bells will be ringing for Southcentral Alaska if Donlin Mine pursues Cook Inlet natural gas to fuel its proposed massive gold mining operation in Western Alaska, with detrimental consequences for Alaskans’ utility...
Judge Orders ADF&G to Reinstate Jet Ski Ban in Kachemak Bay
Personal Watercraft Not Allowed (again) in Kachemak Bay and Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Areas Homer, AK - Alaska Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman ruled in favor of plaintiffs: Cook Inletkeeper, Kachemak Bay Conservation Society, Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park, and Alaska Quiet Rights...
No New Oil & Gas Leasing in Cook Inlet
President Biden and the Department of Interior announced their final five-year plan today for offshore oil and gas leasing in federal waters from 2023 through 2028. The plan includes 3 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and no new lease sales in Lower Cook Inlet. “Alaskans have been fighting the...
NEW COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE ABUNDANCE ESTIMATE HIGHLIGHTS UNCERTAINTY INSTATUS AND UNDERSCORES NEED FOR PRECAUTIONARY MANAGEMENT APPROACH
Joint Media Statement from Environmental Investigation Agency, Alaska Wildlife Alliance, Cook Inletkeeper, and Defenders of Wildlife NEW COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE ABUNDANCE ESTIMATE HIGHLIGHTS UNCERTAINTY IN STATUS AND UNDERSCORES NEED FOR PRECAUTIONARY MANAGEMENT APPROACH A highly-anticipated, and...
EPA Issues Final Rule Governing Use of Chemical Dispersants on Oil Spills
Rules Are an Improvement But Further Local Action Will Be Essential FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Sharon DonovanCommunications Director, Earth Island Institute(510) 859-9161, sharondonovan@earthisland.org Berkeley, CA (June 13, 2023) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a...
Alaska Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258 Confirms Lack of Industry Interest; Alaskans Call for the Administration to Remove Cook Inlet From Future Sales
After canceling the sale in May of 2022, the Biden Administration moved forward with leasing Alaska’s Lower Cook Inlet—resulting in only 1 bid on 1 block out of 193. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 30, 2022 Press Contact: Grace Nolan, grace@team-arc.com; Sue Mauger, sue@inletkeeper.org (Anchorage,...
Cook Inlet and the Dirty Dozen of Oil & Gas Leasing
12 oil and gas lease sales are planned to take place over the next seven years in Cook Inlet, AK.
Alaska Energy Burden Report Press Release
A new report, “Energy Burden in Alaska: Understanding Energy Burden for Alaska Communities and Charting a Path Forward,” reveals that Alaska faces the most severe energy burden in the U.S., with rural and low-income households hit hardest.
Johnson Tract Gold Mining Exploration Threatens Lake Clark National Park, Beluga Critical Habitat
Inletkeeper joined the Center for Biological Diversity, the Chickaloon Village Traditional Council, and a local stakeholder who fishes in Tuxedni Bay in a lawsuit aimed at protecting the vital ecosystems and the human economies of the Johnson River and Tuxedni Bay from impacts related to the proposed Johnson Tract Gold Mine.