by Satchel Pondolfino | Aug 26, 2026 | Belugas, Cook Inlet, Lease Sales, Oil & Gas
The Marine Minerals Administration (MMA), formerly BOEM, is months behind their anticipated schedule – but we still expect the revised version of their new 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan to be released this year. When that happens, yearly sales in Cook...
by Inletkeeper | Aug 25, 2026 | Belugas, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8/25/2026 MORE INFORMATION: Satchel Pondolfino, Clean Water Lead, 907-235-4068 x26 The North Trading Bay Sheen Reinforces the Need to Dismantle Retired Infrastructure HOMER, AK — Cook Inletkeeper calls for the relevant...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Jul 22, 2026 | Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Oil & Gas
In yet another decision that puts industry over people, the Trump administration just handed Big Oil another big gift by merging two federal departments that oversee oil and gas activities in federal waters – the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the...
by Aaron Ford | Jul 20, 2026 | Belugas, Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Oil & Gas
In the last two weeks, the Trump administration has pushed through three new federal rules that gut the Endangered Species Act (ESA). These changes repeal the ESA’s definition of “harm,” strip protections from threatened species, and hand more power to oil, gas, and...
by Bridget Maryott | Jul 1, 2026 | AK LNG, Alaska State Legislature, Energy & Alaska, Government, Oil & Gas
Demand That Your Representatives Slow Down and Do Their Job: Protect Alaskans First, Not Corporate Profits. For 50 years, Alaska has poured nearly $1 billion into failed gas pipeline schemes. Now, state leaders are pushing the same costly mistakes again with the...
by Inletkeeper | Jun 23, 2026 | Cook Inlet, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas
From Los Angeles to Homer and Back: Across Watersheds, Against Extractivism By Rosalie Deglise Moore, 2026 Climate and Clean Water Intern Hello, all! My name is Rosalie. I am an Urban and Environmental Policy rising senior at Occidental College and Cook Inletkeeper’s...