by Aaron Brakel | Sep 27, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
I wanted to put together a ‘little’ update on mining projects and concerns in Southeast Alaska, but ‘little’ wasn’t going to suffice, it turns out. Below you’ll find news on a significant fish kill downstream from Kensington, a call to action on Constantine Mining’s...
by Aaron Brakel | Sep 27, 2024 | Take Action
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by Aaron Brakel | Jul 17, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
It’s time to call for an end to cruise ship scrubber pollution in Alaska waters Do you want the good news or the bad news first? The bad news is large cruise ships visiting Alaska are discharging millions of gallons of pollution into Alaska waters daily. Most large...
by Aaron Brakel | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
How long does it take you to read a 300-page novel? Now, how long do you think it would take to read 294 pages of a mine’s 5-year operating plan? OK, you don’t really have to answer that — we can tell you now that two weeks to read the Palmer...
by Aaron Brakel | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
Reports of more than 105,000 gallons of mine waste spilling from a ruptured tailings pipeline at Coeur Alaska Kensington Mine in late January hit the news yesterday. Read the story from KTOO While Coeur Alaska claims the spilled tailings are geochemically inert and...
by Aaron Brakel | Feb 13, 2024 | Blog, Featured
Take action below UPDATE: Several executive orders, including 132 and 126, will be heard in a Joint Session on March 12 for up-down votes. You can still let your Legislators know you’d like to see these orders rejected! Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a dozen...
by Aaron Brakel | Nov 15, 2023 | Ravencall
Dunleavy administration prioritizes short-term natural resource extraction over health of land, water, people Southeast Alaska is an amazing place, gifted with tremendous environmental wealth. Mighty mainland rivers deliver nutrient- rich, glacier-cooled, fresh water...
by Aaron Brakel | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
The public comment period for the Lutak Dock project in Haines has been extended to Thursday, September 7. It’s not too late to comment on this highly impactful project! In 2021, the Haines Borough was selected to receive $20 million in federal funding for the Lutak...
by Aaron Brakel | Aug 30, 2023 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
Now is the time to check out the Alaska 2024-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan, with comments due by this Sunday, September 3. This is your opportunity to let the State know what you think about Alaska’s plans for transportation spending its own money as...
