by Satchel Pondolfino | Jun 18, 2025 | West Su Access Road, Mining
The proposed West Su Industrial Access Road, a 100+ mile road built with public funds that would open up a new mining district west of the Susitna Valley, garnered attention from Alaskan lawmakers during this spring’s legislative session. By and large, the legislature...
by Ben Boettger | Jun 18, 2025 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government
Our two senators are well aware that “Alaska is different.” But as Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan consider their stances on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they should remember that the economic incentives shaping Alaska’s energy infrastructure are,...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Jun 12, 2025 | Johnson Tract Mine, Belugas
Cook Inletkeeper has joined a lawsuit to stop the Johnson Tract Gold Mine — an industrial project that threatens one of Alaska’s last wild coastal ecosystems. Last week, Inletkeeper joined the Center for Biological Diversity, the Chickaloon Village Traditional...
by Loren Barrett | Jul 22, 2024 | Johnson Tract Mine, Belugas, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
Beluga Protection in Tuxedni Bay — Loren Barrett Following the recent overturning of Lease Sale 258—a significant victory for beluga habitat and recovery—Cook Inletkeeper and The Center for Biological Diversity jointly petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service...
by Sue Mauger | Dec 29, 2022 | Belugas, Lease Sale 258, Pebble Mine
This has been a frustrating year! Yet another Pebble mine comment period. Oil & Gas Lease Sale 258 in Lower Cook Inlet is happening tomorrow despite being canceled in May. The Cook Inlet beluga whale population is not improving. Our carbon emissions continue to go...
