by Aaron Brakel | Jun 15, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Keeping track of mining projects in Southeast Alaska is an important part of the work we do at SEACC. Recently, SEACC and our partners at Earthjustice had some success in an appeal for a water discharge permit for an exploration project on Prince of Wales Island. The...
by Aaron Brakel | May 13, 2022 | Blog, Featured
We are so excited about Little Norway Festival! SEACC will be there on May 20 and 21, and we can’t wait for the opportunity to talk to the community. Come stop by and chat with us about the issues that are important to you! As the Inside Passage Waters Program...
by Aaron Brakel | May 10, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Please join Alaska Community Action on Toxics and Gustavus PFAS Action Coalition for a news conference and rally to protect water quality and health on Thursday, May 12 at noon outside the Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau. We are calling on legislators to pass...
by Aaron Brakel | Apr 18, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Heads up! Senate Bill 180 is up for public testimony in the Alaska Senate Resources Committee at 3:30 p.m. — Wednesday, April 20 (rescheduled from April 18). This is Governor Mike Dunleavy’s bill that would permanently eliminate Alaska’s Ocean Ranger — our cruise ship...
by Aaron Brakel | Mar 15, 2022 | Blog, Featured
Heads up, folks — we have incoming cruise ship industry legislation. And you can help. We have some action items for you below, but first, some background. So maybe you watched in dismay in 2019 when Governor of Alaska Mike Dunleavy defunded the Ocean Ranger...
by Aaron Brakel | Mar 3, 2022 | Blog, Featured
OK, maybe you’ve seen the news. The Kensington Gold Mine expansion has been approved. It’s a mixed bag. Tongass Forest Supervisor Earl Stewart has signed the Final Record of Decision for the Plan of Operations Amendment 1 for Kensington. This is the final...
by Aaron Brakel | Jan 27, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases
Photo: Benjamin Drummond and LightHawk FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 27, 2022 Seattle, WA — U.S.-based conservation groups welcome the Jan. 19 news of a great win resolving the threat of B.C. mining in the so-called “Donut Hole” of the Upper Skagit River, that flows...
by Aaron Brakel | Aug 18, 2021 | Blog, Featured, Press Releases
Kensington Gold Mine — located north of Juneau and across Berners Bay, just beyond the end of the road — is moving forward on its efforts to expand the dumping of mine waste into Alaskan waters overhanging the bay. The mine has already dumped over 4 million tons of...
by Aaron Brakel | Aug 17, 2021 | Blog
Dear friends of Berners Bay, If you made a public comment on the proposed Kensington Mine expansion and closure plan — then you are now eligible to make a formal objection by August 23. Objecting is a structured and formal process, but the barrier is not too high....
