by Loren Barrett | Sep 18, 2025 | Oil & Gas
In 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved Lease Sale 258 without fully considering climate impacts, alternatives, or the risks to Cook Inlet’s fragile ecosystem. Inletkeeper, alongside community and national partners, challenged the approval in...
by Bridget Maryott | Jul 16, 2025 | Oil & Gas
When oil spills happen, the industry’s favorite response tool isn’t a mop or a containment boom — it’s a chemical cover-up. Oil dispersants like Corexit 9500A don’t actually clean up oil. They just break it into smaller particles, sinking it out of view. But out...
by Ben Boettger | Dec 18, 2024 | Oil & Gas, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Renewable Energy
Our Modern Lives Demand Energy – So We Must Demand Energy We Can Live With — Ben Boettger For about 60 years, natural gas extracted in and around Cook Inlet has provided most of our heat and nearly all our electricity. The gasoline in our cars and planes is produced...
by Loren Barrett | Sep 30, 2024 | Mining, Oil & Gas, West Su Access Road
Protect the Susitna Valley:Renewed Threat of Coalbed Methane Drilling — Loren Barrett The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is once again considering a proposal to open 1.5 million undeveloped acres of the Susitna Valley for gas exploration—a decision that...
