by Loren Barrett | Mar 4, 2026 | Press Releases, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sales, Oil & Gas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 4, 2026 The Big Beautiful Cook Inlet (BBC1) Oil and Gas Lease Sale Was a Flop Zero bids received on Big Beautiful Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Lease sale HOMER, AK— The Department of Interior announced that there were zero bids in today’s Big...
by Inletkeeper | Feb 27, 2026 | Belugas, Cook Inlet, Lease Sales, Oil & Gas, Press Releases
Traditional Tribal Nation, Community and Environmental Groups Notify Interior Department of Intent to Challenge Upcoming Offshore Oil-and-Gas Sale in Cook Inlet, Alaska Trump administration plans to hold sale in violation of Endangered Species Act, putting extremely...
by Loren Barrett | Feb 18, 2026 | Lease Sales, Clean Water, Cook Inlet, Oil & Gas
In July of 2025, Congress passed the Big Beautiful Bill Act, a section of which requires BOEM to hold at least six offshore oil and gas lease sales in Alaska, one each year from 2026 to 2028, and again from 2030 to 2032. The first of these six mandated lease sales is...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 5, 2026 | Lease Sales, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas
After U.S. forces captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump bluntly told reporters he wanted U.S. oil companies to make heavy investments there, saying “We’re going to be taking a tremendous amount of wealth out of the ground.” Something that’s...
by Inletkeeper | Feb 5, 2026 | Lease Sales, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas
Last year, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) prematurely scrapped an offshore management plan that protected Alaskan coastal waters from oil and gas leasing. Now, the agency is planning multiple leases for Lower Cook Inlet in their new 5-year plan. It’s...
by Inletkeeper | Jan 22, 2026 | Lease Sales, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas
As the Cook Inlet gas we’ve historically relied on for heat and electricity becomes more expensive and precarious, the Trump administration is offering a golden chance to prolong our dependence, spend more on energy, and create a long-term drag on our economy by...
