by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 19, 2020 | Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Pebble Mine, Salmon
In 1984, a cyanide gas leak from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people in what’s been called the world’s worst industrial disaster. Less than a year after the Bhopal disaster, a Union Carbide plant in Institute, West...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 11, 2019 | Bears, Government, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Pebble Mine, Brown Bears & the Climate Crisis For the past year, Inletkeeper has been studying the brown bears in Lower Cook Inlet, to understand the potential impacts on bears and the bear viewing industry from the proposed transportation corridor and...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jun 19, 2019 | Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2019 House of Representatives Vote to Block Funding for Pebble Mine.Representative Don Young wants to “Look at the Science.” Homer, AK – Today, the House of Representatives passed amendment 90, “The Huffman Amendment” to the Energy...
by Cook Inletkeeper | May 14, 2019 | Bears, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Pebble Mine, Salmon
New study shows bear viewing industry supports nearly 500 jobs and more than $34 million in sales annually See Report Summary here & Full Report here. We’re getting tired talking about what a stupid idea it is to put a giant, toxic hole in the headwaters of the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | May 2, 2019 | Pebble Mine, Press Releases, Uncategorized
In May 2019, Inletkeeper released a report (see below) showing the pile of money Pebble is spending on high-end lobbyists to influence the Trump Administration’s so-called “permitting process.” The report showed that since the beginning of the Trump...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Apr 26, 2019 | Clean Water, Pebble Mine, Salmon
UPDATE: February 2020. The Alaska Miners Association failed to secure passage of legislation to prevent Alaskans from protecting our most important water resources last session. So, what’s a well-heeled mining trade group with a fancy lobbyist to do? Keep...
