by Loren Barrett | Dec 4, 2025 | Lease Sale 258, Lease Sales, Oil & Gas
The waters, wildlife, and communities of Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu stand at a crossroads. Over the next seven years, Lower Cook Inlet faces twelve separate offshore oil and gas lease sales—a relentless series of industrial expansions that could permanently transform one...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Nov 26, 2025 | Press Releases, Lease Sale 258, Lease Sales, Oil & Gas
11th Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 5-year plan **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...
by Bridget Maryott | Nov 5, 2025 | AK LNG, Belugas, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
When the environment’s protectors ally themselves with its looters, it falls to local people and local institutions to defend the waters and ecosystems on which we depend. With the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency bowing to fossil fuel interests,...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Oct 22, 2025 | Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
Sign the Petition to Demand a Hearing Federal regulators at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) are moving to finalize Cook Inlet oil and gas Lease Sale 258 without public hearings or opportunities for comment on a more thorough environmental review ordered...
by Loren Barrett | Sep 18, 2025 | Oil & Gas, Lease Sale 258
In 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved Lease Sale 258 without fully considering cumulative impacts to Cook Inlet Belugas, the impact of vessel noise, and alternatives for a reduced sale and meaningful reduction of overall impacts to Cook...
by Loren Barrett | Jul 22, 2024 | Johnson Tract Mine, Belugas, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
Beluga Protection in Tuxedni Bay — Loren Barrett Following the recent overturning of Lease Sale 258—a significant victory for beluga habitat and recovery—Cook Inletkeeper and The Center for Biological Diversity jointly petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service...
