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Legal Challenge to Upcoming Offshore Oil and Gas Sale in Cook Inlet Launched
Traditional Tribal Nation, Community and Environmental Groups Notify Interior Department of Intent to Challenge Upcoming Offshore Oil-and-Gas Sale in Cook Inlet, Alaska Trump administration plans to hold sale in violation of Endangered Species Act, putting extremely vulnerable Cook Inlet beluga...
Communities Sound the Alarm Over New Federal Offshore Drilling Plan for Cook Inlet
HOMER, AK — Cook Inletkeeper denounced the federal government’s draft 11th Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 5-year plan, which proposes five new oil and gas lease sales in Lower Cook Inlet between 2027 and 2031. The draft plan proposes opening approximately 1.27 billion acres of public waters...
Cook Inlet and the Dirty Dozen of Oil & Gas Leasing
**PRESS RELEASE** HOMER, AK — Cook Inletkeeper condemns the federal government’s draft 11th Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 5-year plan, which proposes five new oil and gas lease sales in Lower Cook Inlet between 2027 and 2031. The plan proposes oil and gas lease sales across the U.S. Pacific coast,...
Alaska Energy Burden Report Press Release
**PRESS RELEASE** New Report: Alaska Faces Nation’s Highest Energy Burden, Hitting Rural and Low-Income Communities Hardest Anchorage, AK - A new report, "Energy Burden in Alaska: Understanding Energy Burden for Alaska Communities and Charting a Path Forward," reveals that Alaska faces the most...
Johnson Tract Gold Mining Exploration Threatens Lake Clark National Park, Beluga Critical Habitat
For Immediate Release, May 20, 2025 Contact: Satchel Pondolfino, Cook Inletkeeper, satchel@inletkeeper.org Lisa Wade, Chickaloon Village Traditional Council, lrwade@chickaloon-nsn.gov Marlee Goska, Center for Biological Diversity, mgoska@biologicaldiversity.org Lawsuit Aims to Protect Cook Inlet,...
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...
The North Trading Bay Sheen Reinforces the Need to Dismantle Retired Oil & Gas Infrastructure
This is one more reminder of why having oil and gas in our backyard is a liability to the marine ecosystems we rely on for our livelihoods and wellbeing. Enough is enough. We have to start holding oil & gas operators in Cook Inlet accountable for dismantling retired infrastructure.
New Report Warns Alaska LNG Pipeline Would Threaten Critically Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales and Coastal Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2026
The Big Beautiful Cook Inlet (BBC1) Oil and Gas Lease Sale Was a Flop – Zero Bids Received
The Department of Interior announced that there were zero bids in today’s Big Beautiful Cook Inlet (BBC1) oil and gas lease sale. This lease sale, held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), was a product of the One Big Beautiful Bill’s six mandated lease sales in Lower Cook Inlet, on which the federal government is refusing to conduct National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews. The lack of industry interest in oil and gas drilling in Lower Cook Inlet has been repeatedly proven and remains true today.