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Alaskans Sue Dunleavy Administration to Protect Kachemak Bay

By Bob Shavelson | Cook Inlet Keeper on May 6, 2021   At Sea, Southcentral, State  

Alaskans Sue Dunleavy Administration to Protect Kachemak Bay

ADFG Ignored Facts & Law, Catered to Special Interest Groups, with New Jet Ski Rule HOMER, AK—Tuesday a coalition of Alaskan groups filed suit in state court challenging the Dunleavy Administration’s unlawful move to rollback safeguards in the Kachemak Bay & Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Areas to accommodate a small but influential special interest […]

Report: Alaska Cannot Mine its Way out of Fiscal Crisis

By Bob Shavelson | Cook Inlet Keeper on Apr 6, 2021   State  

Report: Alaska Cannot Mine its Way out of Fiscal Crisis

HOMER, AK — As Alaska struggles with a historic fiscal crisis – and as the mining industry seeks to position itself as an economic engine for Alaska – a new report concludes that increased hard rock mining cannot fill the gap left by waning petroleum revenues.   The report – entitled “The Role of Metal Mining […]

Inletkeeper Applauds Halt to Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Lease Sale Process

By Bob Shavelson | Cook Inlet Keeper on Feb 5, 2021   Featured, Southcentral, State  

Inletkeeper Applauds Halt to Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Lease Sale Process

HOMER – Cook Inletkeeper Thursday applauded the decision by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to cancel public hearings around the proposed million-acre Oil & Gas Lease Sale 258 in Lower Cook Inlet.  BOEM’s move comes in the wake of President Biden’s January 27 Executive Order placing a pause on all oil and […]

Pebble Mine Buying Permits Under Trump Administration

By Bob Shavelson | Cook Inlet Keeper on Jul 23, 2020   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Pebble Mine Buying Permits Under Trump Administration

  Massive spending on lobbyists gives foreign mining interests unfair advantage over everyday Alaskans A new compilation by Cook Inletkeeper from U.S. Senate Lobbying Reports shows the Canadian mining interests behind the proposed Pebble mine have spent more than $15 million since 2007 on high-priced lobbyists to buy their way to federal permits.   And since […]

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