by Ben | Dec 21, 2023 | Clean Water, climate, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Uncategorized
Homer Electric Association’s directors have abandoned the co-op’s goal of becoming 50% renewable by 2025. At their Dec. 12 meeting, board members voted 6-3 to rescind the renewable goal and subsequently approved a new policy for HEA to “to encourage...
by Sue Mauger | Nov 30, 2023 | climate, Healthy Habitat, salmon, Uncategorized
BRIDGING THE “DATA TRANSFER” GAP In the field of conservation, it is not uncommon for researchers to end their grant reports and journal articles with an inspiring statement about the value of the study for land managers in their efforts to protect...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Nov 20, 2023 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Press Releases, Uncategorized
Personal Watercraft Not Allowed (again) in Kachemak Bay and Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Areas Homer, AK – Alaska Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman ruled in favor of plaintiffs: Cook Inletkeeper, Kachemak Bay Conservation Society, Friends of Kachemak Bay...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jun 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Kendall Johanson, Alaska Conservation Foundation Intern I am a born and raised Alaskan from Anchorage, and credit my passion for the environment to growing up in the incredibly diverse landscape that is Alaska. Many of my favorite childhood memories include being...
by Sue Mauger | May 22, 2023 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, salmon, Uncategorized
We are finally experiencing the last ripples of Pebble mine. After decades of powerful advocacy, extensive salmon research, and strong tribal voices, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) vetoed the proposed copper mine threatening the headwaters of Bristol Bay in...
by Sue Mauger | May 22, 2023 | climate, Energy & Alaska, Government, Uncategorized
It took less than 13 years for oil from Prudhoe Bay, traveling down the new Trans-Alaska Pipeline, to smother the coast and the life it sustained in Prince William Sound and beyond. From 1977 to 1989, the corporate and political promises seemed to be paying off for...
