by Jamie Currie | Nov 26, 2025 | Lease Sale 258, Lease Sales, Oil & Gas, Press Releases
11th Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 5-year plan **PRESS RELEASE** HOMER, AK — Cook Inletkeeper condemns the federal government’s draft 11th Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 5-year plan, which proposes five new oil and gas lease sales in Lower Cook Inlet between 2027 and...
by Jamie Currie | Nov 24, 2025 | Donlin Gold Mine, Johnson Tract Mine, Mining
The Myth and the Reality of Modern Gold Mining in Alaska As new gold projects rise in the Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu watershed, we have to ask: Is it really worth it? Gold still glitters in today’s economy — not just in jewelry or bank vaults, but in the circuitry of our...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Nov 19, 2025 | Community
The votes are in, it’s a draw! Last week, Homer Drawdown gathered to hear the solution pitches and cast votes to decide where the local climate solution community will direct their energy next. Both solutions were popular, and when the time came to decide, the votes...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Nov 19, 2025 | Donlin Gold Mine, Energy & Alaska, Mining
Recently, we learned that despite serious environmental and community concerns, the proposed Donlin Gold Project was added to the FAST-41 permitting program, marking it as a federal priority. Donlin Gold would be the largest pure gold mine in the world, located on a...
by Ben Boettger | Nov 19, 2025 | Coalbed Methane
In October, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources decided it’s in the state’s best interest to give a company the right to explore for methane (a.k.a natural gas) in two areas of the largely undisturbed Susitna Valley. The Susitna River and its many...
