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New Leases in Heart of Cook Inlet Mark Dangerous Turning Point
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION June 21, 2017 Bob Shavelson (907.299.3277) ANCHORAGE—Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a lease sale for tracts in the federal waters of Lower Cook Inlet. Unlike the previous three sales, Lease Sale 244 garnered bids, though only one...
Sitka Harbor System Certified as Alaska’s 4th Clean Harbor
SITKA, AK – A year and a half after signing the Alaska Clean Harbors pledge, the ACH Advisory Committee certified the Sitka Harbor System as an Alaska Clean Harbor during their October meeting. The ACH Advisory Committee, the certifying body for the statewide program, includes representatives from...
Legal Challenge to Upcoming Offshore Oil and Gas Sale in Cook Inlet Launched
A federally recognized Alaska Native Tribal Nation, along with several community and environmental health and justice groups, notified the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today of their intent to sue over a planned March 4 offshore oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet.
Communities Sound the Alarm Over New Federal Offshore Drilling Plan for Cook Inlet
Five new oil and gas lease sales are proposed for Cook Inlet under the federal offshore leasing plan.
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.