by Cook Inletkeeper | Jul 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Throughout his campaign for Governor, then later in defense of his sweeping cuts to kids, the elderly and rural Alaska, Mike Dunleavy has talked a lot about an “honest budget.” In fact, that’s what he calls it on the official state web site: An Honest Budget. Most...
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 | Feb 20, 2019 | Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Uncategorized
Act NOW to Protect Salmon Habitat – Comments Due March 22 BACKGROUND: The proposed Donlin mine along the banks of the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska would be a massive open gold mine. To power the facility, Donlin plans a 315 mile-long natural gas...
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 | Dec 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
ADD YOUR NAME to demand that Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy return the Climate Change Task Force information and action plan documents to the official state website. There is no debate. Our national reports read loud and clear: Alaska is warming faster than the rest of...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 31, 2018 | Civics, Healthy Habitat, Salmon, Uncategorized
Written by Sue Mauger, Science Director We live in, play around and benefit from a salmon landscape. Wild salmon unite and define us as Alaskans. We pride ourselves in living differently up here, but we are making the same mistakes that others made across the world...
