by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 23, 2020 | Arts, Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Events, Government, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Uncategorized
Kohtr’elneyh • Remembering Forward • Alaska’s Just Transition Summit, January 8 – 10, 2020 • Fairbanks Kohtr’elneyh (We Remember) is the Lower Tanana language of the Benhti’ Kenaga https://www.justtransitionak.org/ So what is a Just...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 9, 2019 | Civics, Clean Water, Government, Healthy Habitat
What’s Happening: The Alaska Department of Fish & Game recently issued a public notice to repeal the current ban on jetskis and other personal watercraft in the Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area. The deadline for comments has been extended to no later than 5:00...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 4, 2019 | Civics, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
It’s safe to say Mike Dunleavy is the least popular governor in state history, and for good reason. He ran for office on a wave of dark money, with the phony promise every Alaskan would get a $6,700 PFD check. Then he locked arms with the billionaire Koch Brothers and...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Nov 27, 2019 | Clean Water, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat
Local businesses, voters and property owners around Lower Cook Inlet responded recently to the Dunleavy Administration’s abrupt decision last week to unravel safeguards to Kachemak Bay. On November 19, ADFG staff notified its planning team the “governor’s office...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 16, 2019 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
In the 1960’s and 1970’s, Americans joined together to secure some of the best air, land and water protections in the world. Then the pendulum started to swing back, with billions of dollars from corporations, think tanks and phony “astroturf” groups pushing an...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Sep 15, 2019 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Salmon
Hilcorp’s seismic air gun blasting program started in full force this past weekend, with the seismic vessel Polarcus Alima running transects across some of the most important fish and whale habitat in Lower Cook Inlet. You can get an update on Hilcorp’s daily...
