by Loren Barrett | Jul 21, 2025 | Mining, Pebble Mine
Inletkeeper has been fighting alongside Alaskans to stop the Pebble Mine for over 20 years—and what a ride it has been. In 2023, we celebrated a milestone victory when the EPA finalized Clean Water Act protections that stopped the proposed Pebble Mine from being built...
by Jamie Currie | Jul 17, 2025 | Bears, Johnson Tract Mine
On the western shore of Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu, two massive volcanoes – Illiamna and Redoubt – rise like icy sentinels over some of Alaska’s most vibrant ecosystems. Here, in and around Lake Clark National Park, tidal zones protect some of the last healthy razor clam...
by Ben Boettger | Jul 16, 2025 | Clean Water, Energy & Alaska
It isn’t much use now to debate how and why we ended up with the grotesque act of national self-harm known as HR1, aka “the Big Beautiful Bill.” The bill passed early this month with approval of Rep. Nick Begich III, Sen. Dan Sullivan, and a decisive yes vote...
by Bridget Maryott | Jul 16, 2025 | Oil & Gas
When oil spills happen, the industry’s favorite response tool isn’t a mop or a containment boom — it’s a chemical cover-up. Oil dispersants like Corexit 9500A don’t actually clean up oil. They just break it into smaller particles, sinking it out of view. But out...
by Inletkeeper | Jul 15, 2025 | Arts, Community
By Ella Hubbard As a little kid I told stories, drew worlds. Poetry notebook in hand, I would sit under the cherry tree in the backyard near the garden, and write down words that almost went together, form figures that were almost proportional. Through trial and...
