by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 20, 2019 | Civics, Clean Water, Government
BACKGROUND: In January 2019, Governor Dunleavy lopped-off $20 million in education funding in the state’s supplemental budget – an amount approved through bipartisan negotiations in the Alaska House and Senate last year, and money school districts relied on in...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Alaska is the most profitable oil and gas province in the world. Yet under current forecasts, Alaska is staring down the barrel of a $1.6 billion deficit for the coming fiscal year. Governor Dunleavy came into office promising to cut expenses to balance our...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 20, 2018 | Healthy Habitat, salmon
Calling a person or a group a liar is somewhat taboo, even in our evolving post-fact world, because the accusation is fairly serious. And of course the main difference between a flat out lie and garden variety misinformation comes down to intent: did the speaker know...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Apr 19, 2018 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat
Most working Alaskans consider $500,000 to be a lot of money.  And of course, it is. But not when you’re a giant multinational oil company. British Petroleum recently dropped $500,000 to try to stop the Stand for Salmon ballot initiative, which would update Alaska’s...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 26, 2018 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat
Your right as an Alaskan to wild, healthy salmon is under assault. These are strong words, and we don’t take them lightly. But the fact remains that large corporations are now woven into the very fabric of our government and our society, and their corporate DNA is...
