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...
by Ben Boettger | Jun 16, 2026 | AK LNG, Belugas, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas
Pundits and politicos have been talking nonstop about Alaska LNG, the proposed 800-mile pipeline from North Slope gas fields to a liquefaction and export terminal in Nikiski. In Juneau, legislative committees have held months of hearings on pricing and revenue models...
by Ben Boettger | Mar 26, 2026 | Alaska State Legislature, Oil & Gas
The simple revenue solution of taxing private oil and gas companies has taken a twisting, torturous path through our legislature. Since Alaska repealed personal income tax in 1980, we’ve had a loophole that allows privately owned corporations – such as Hilcorp –...
by Ben Boettger | Mar 17, 2026 | AK LNG, Alaska State Legislature, Energy & Alaska, Government, Oil & Gas
Coming up this week is an opportunity for public comment on transparency into the AK LNG gasline project. The Senate Resources Committee will take public comments on Wednesday at 3:30pm on Senate Bill 275, the Alaska Gasline Transparency & Accountability Act. This...
