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 | 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 Maggie Rabb | Jun 7, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Inside Passage
Response to a 2015 SEACC petition acknowledges Alaskans’ high fish consumption rates and disproportionate health impacts Great news for people who love fish — we got a response from the EPA about a petition we filed way back in 2015 saying they’re requiring Alaska to...
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 | 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...
