The road to energy security isn’t through Cook Inlet

by Ben Boettger | Sep 16, 2022 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas

80% of Southcentral Alaska’s electricity is generated by natural gas turbines, and about a third of our electric bills go to fueling them. All this gas is extracted from beneath or around Cook Inlet, and for decades this local market has grown increasingly...

Act Now for Cook Inlet’s Future Beyond Oil & Gas

by Cook Inletkeeper | Aug 31, 2022 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas

Since our last update, the Inflation Reduction Act passed, bringing with it a mandate to hold Lease Sale 258 in the federal waters of Lower Cook Inlet before the end of 2022. Although we can’t stop this unpopular sale from moving forward, Inletkeeper and partners will...

White Noise and Our Vision for Cook Inlet

by Cook Inletkeeper | Aug 3, 2022 | Climate Change, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas

Cook Inletkeeper has been fighting alongside our supporters for our collective vision of Cook Inlet for the last 27 years. This vision has focused on clean water, healthy salmon, and strong communities. One central theme of this fight has been limiting oil and gas...

PROPOSED BILL IN CONGRESS IGNORES ALASKANS, WOULD SACRIFICE COOK INLET

by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 28, 2022 | Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas, Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 28, 2022 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Liz Mering, Inletkeeper (907.235.3459)  Marissa Wilson, Executive Director AMCC (907.299.6566)  PROPOSED BILL IN CONGRESS IGNORES ALASKANS, WOULD SACRIFICE COOK INLET 40 years of oil and gas development in...

PROPOSED NEW OIL & GAS LEASE IN COOK INLET DESPITE OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION

by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 9, 2022 | Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas, Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:     July 1, 2022             FOR MORE INFORMATION:                                             Liz Mering, Inletkeeper (907.235.3459) Marissa Wilson, AMCC (907.299.6566) PROPOSED NEW OIL & GAS LEASE IN COOK INLET DESPITE...

Defend Your Vision for Cook Inlet

by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 9, 2022 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas

If you are like me, you feel like we just celebrated Lease Sale 258 in Lower Cook Inlet being taken off the table. Unfortunately, as many of you are only too familiar with, we are again facing a proposed lease sale in Lower Cook Inlet.  President Biden and the...