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 | Jan 16, 2019 | Energy & Alaska
Oil and gas corporations are engaged in a radical program to transfer Alaska’s public wealth into private coffers. For example, the oil corporations in Alaska spent $14 million in 2014 to fight back citizen-led efforts to repeal Senate Bill 21, the oil tax...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 11, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
I attended a presentation this week in Homer by Mark Hamilton, Vice President of External Affairs and mouthpiece for the Pebble mine, and it was remarkable on a couple fronts. First, the tone. Hamilton spoke down to the crowd like a seasoned used car salesman,...
