by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 11, 2018 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Salmon
It’s no secret the corporate campaign against the Stand for Salmon ballot initiative has amassed more than $10 million to try to stop Alaskans from updating our 60-year-old, one-sentence-long salmon habitat law. But there’s a darker effort unfolding behind the scenes,...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 4, 2018 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
In the lead-up to the long holiday weekend, when Alaskans were distracted with camping and hunting and fishing plans, the Walker Administration quietly issued two decisions which show exactly why we need to pass the Stand for Salmon Ballot Measure 1 to take politics...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Aug 14, 2018 | Clean Water, Salmon
Every once in a while the truth slips out. Yesterday Kurt Parkan, a mouthpiece for the giant Donlin Gold Mine, laid bare the myth of rigorous permitting in Alaska. “Projects go into the process of getting a permit with the expectation of getting a permit,” Parkan...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Aug 13, 2018 | Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
Did you know that in the Cook Inlet, oil & gas operators can legally dump toxic waste into coastal fisheries? That’s right – Oil & gas corporations are allowed to dump over 100,000 gallons of oil and grease and over 835,000 pounds of metals such as mercury,...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Aug 10, 2018 | Arts, Events, Press Releases, Salmon
Partnership Between Community Organizations Connects Art to Advocacy HOMER, August 10th, 2018 – Visiting Artist in Residence, Patrick Maxcy, will be painting a live art mural today, August 10th, for the 3rd Annual Alaska Wild Salmon Day event held between 4:30...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Aug 8, 2018 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
Today, the Alaska Supreme Court struck an important provision from the Stand for Salmon Ballot Initiative. It ruled the initiative’s ban on “substantial damage” – including permanent harm to salmon habitat – violated the Alaska Constitution because it amounted to an...
