The Trump administration on Friday affirmed a controversial federal Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale held at the end of 2022, asserting that impacts to endangered beluga whales and other resources were adequately considered and no changes in the leasing plan are needed. In a Federal Register notice scheduled to be published on Monday, […]
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Paul Sullivan: Can the Bears' owners find true happiness in an enclosed stadium off the Skyway?
CHICAGO — You have to give credit to the Chicago Bears. They don’t take no for an answer. For the last four years Illinois residents and politicians have been telling the Bears they would not help them build a new stadium with taxpayer assistance. The Bears would not listen. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Renderings were released. […]
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Cook Inletkeeper launches petition against federal government
The Homer-based nonprofit organization Cook Inletkeeper has launched a petition calling for transparency in response to the Department of the Interior’s draft proposal for multiple offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Cook Inlet. The 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program’s five year plan proposes five new oil and gas […]
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Trump administration proposes offshore leasing in almost all Alaska waters
The Trump administration last Thursday, Nov. 20, released a plan for offshore oil and gas leasing that would open up almost all Alaska marine waters to development, along with the entire Pacific coast and the Gulf of Mexico. The Alaska portion of the plan proposes 21 lease sales through 2031, five of them in Cook […]
Read MoreTrump administration sets terms for upcoming oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet
The Trump administration on Monday outlined its plans to auction 1 million acres of federal offshore territory in what it has called the “Big Beautiful Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale.” The lease sale, to be held early next year under terms detailed in a notice published Monday in the Federal Register, is to […]
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Industry Appreciation Day honors community leaders, businesses
Industry Appreciation Day, an annual celebration of oil and gas, commercial fishing, tourism and health care in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, drew hundreds on Saturday to Kenai’s Softball Greenstrip to enjoy free food, play games, and recognize “outstanding” businesses and individuals. The event is important, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche said while hosting the […]
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Trump Is Straight-Up Lying About National Gas Prices
Donald Trump won’t stop making up gasoline prices. While speaking at a press conference Tuesday at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the Trump administration’s premier wetland-themed concentration camp, the president claimed that the price of gasoline had fallen in multiple states. “Now we have no inflation. Gasoline just hit $1.99 in five states: $1.99, isn’t that a nice […]
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Trump Says Gas Is Under $2 a Gallon. Here’s the Truth.
Donald Trump won’t stop making up gasoline prices. While speaking at a press conference Tuesday at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the Trump administration’s premier wetland-themed concentration camp, the president claimed that the price of gasoline had fallen in multiple states. “Now we have no inflation. Gasoline just hit $1.99 in five states: $1.99, isn’t that a nice […]
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