by Cook Inletkeeper | Apr 27, 2021 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
When President Biden took office, he promptly delivered on his campaign promise to address climate change by pausing new oil and gas leasing in federal waters until his Administration could review the leasing program. The pause put the brakes on proposed federal Lease...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Apr 27, 2021 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
In the complex interplay between corporate profits and environmental protection, it can be hard to connect the dots to understand the larger picture. Inletkeeper is now engaged on two fronts which at first may appear disconnected, but on closer inspection, reveal a...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Apr 9, 2021 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
Conservationist and ecologist Aldo Leopold published his pivotal essay Land Ethic in 1949. Central to this essay is a call for honoring our moral responsibility to the natural world, by caring not only about ourselves, but also the land, and the inseparable...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Apr 7, 2021 | Energy & Alaska, Homer Electric Association, Renewable Energy
Across the Cook Inlet watershed, railbelt electric co-ops are hosting their board of directors’ elections now. These elections are often overlooked yet they have real measurable effects on individual member-owners and our state at large. In the midst of a global...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Apr 6, 2021 | Bears, Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Pebble Mine, Salmon
As Alaska girds for a future without the wave of petrodollars that fueled our early years, it’s time we decide how best to protect and develop the incredible natural resources that make the Great Land unique. A new report makes clear that hard rock mining will not...
