WASHINGTON – Bidding in last week’s Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale revealed a notable reluctance from the fossil fuel industry to pursue risky development in Alaska waters, despite insistence from Big Oil-friendly legislators that the sale was necessary. The December 30 sale was previously canceled by the Biden administration due to “a lack of […]
After a 2-year pause, NOAA Fisheries and partners announced the return of the Annual Belugas Count! event—Saturday, September 17, in the greater Anchorage area. Members of the public are invited to help spot and count endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales and learn about these iconic Alaska marine mammals from species experts. The event will be held […]
Community science along the shores of Cook Inlet. It Takes a Village The Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program is run by NOAA Fisheries in collaboration with several organizations. It offers opportunities for volunteer citizen scientists to bolster monitoring efforts for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population. The volunteers collect important data on beluga distribution and […]
Marine Energy Will Play a Key Role in Achieving Alaska’s Clean Energy Goals Palmer, Alaska, and Portland, Maine – ORPC, Inc., and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough announced a partnership today to test ORPC’s RivGen Power System at the Upper Cook Inlet industrial and commercial port facility of Port MacKenzie. The RivGen System, which harnesses clean, sustainable energy from free-flowing tidal and river currents, […]