by Bridget Maryott | Sep 16, 2026 | Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas
Much of Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu’s offshore oil and gas infrastructure is decades old and increasingly susceptible to leaks and failures. One of the hazards is “produced water,” a toxic, chemical-laden fluid that comes up with oil and gas. As pipelines and platforms rust...
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 Ben Boettger | Aug 26, 2026 | AK LNG, Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy
Three years ago, I wrote that our gas-dependent utilities were looking at the problem of Cook Inlet gas scarcity “with one eye closed” and building solutions with one hand tied behind their back. Their coordinated effort to find new gas supplies...
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...
