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Issues tagged Cook Inlet

Beluga Coal-to-Liquids (CTL): Winter sunrise on the Chuitna River In the winter of 2008, we skied through the site of the proposed Chuitna Coal Mine on our way to the Aleutian Islands. GET PHOTO PacRim Coal is pursuing a possible coal mine in ... [read-more]
Chuitna Coal Mine Prospect: A journey to Chuitna ...We began with a mission to look for coal. And we found a little. But as soon as we stepped away from the scattered coal boulders in the Chuitna River, it disappeared – hidden deep beneath ... [read-more]
Glacier Retreat in Alaska: Glacier Retreat in Alaska The Dead and the Dying - through the glaciers of Tutka Valley READ ARTICLE Last winter's meager snowfall was followed by volcanic ash, then a warm sunny spring, melting the mountains back to bare ice and ... [read-more]
Kenai Blue Sky Coal Power: Kenai Fertilizer Plant Site of the now-closed Agrium plant near Nikiski source: Cook Inletkeeper (2008) Copyright held by photographer The Kenai Blue Sky Coal Plant was a proposed $1.5-2 billion integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) plant proposed by Agrium Inc. to be ... [read-more]
Natural Gas in Cook Inlet: datamooseCallbacks_CwpW8mS7JvMr.push(function(datamooseIframe){ $("#DatamooseDescriptionWrapper-data-output-embed-131-CwpW8mS7JvMr").css('display','block') $("#DatamooseDescriptionWrapper-data-output-embed-131-CwpW8mS7JvMr").width(datamooseIframe.style.width) }); Cook Inlet Natural Gas Production and Export: Production and Exports of Natural Gas in Cook Inlet (1958-2010) FULL FIGURE SummaryThe natural gas produced in Cook Inlet is the primary source of energy and heat for the ... [read-more]
Stone Horn Ridge Underground Coal Gasification (CIRI UCG): Background Marsh meander Land within the CIRI UCG lease GET PHOTO On October 9th, 2009 the Cook Inlet Region Inc (CIRI) native corporation announced plans to build a 100 MW Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) plant on the west side of ... [read-more]
Tyonek Coal-to-Liquids (CTL): SummaryIn October 2010, the Tyonek Native Corporation (TNC) announced that they had signed an agreement with a technology company called Accelergy to develop a coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant on Tyonek land.  This facility would produce aviation fuel as well as gasoline ... [read-more]

Journeys tagged Cook Inlet

Tracing the Heart of Alaska - A journey around Cook Inlet: Arrivals so far Start: 3/27 Nanwalek: 3/30 Port Graham: 3/31 Seldovia: 4/2 Vosnesenska: 4/11 Homer:4/13 Anchor Point: 4/18 Ninilchik: 4/21 Kasilof: 4/25 Kenai: 4/28 Nikiski: 4/30 Hope: 5/8 Portage: 5/10 Girdwood: 5/11 Anchorage: 5/14 Estimated timing Beluga: 5/27 Tyonek: 5/29 ... [read-more]

Photos tagged Cook Inlet

Chakachamna Lake
Tyonek Dock
Jackup rig in Cook Inlet
Exploration rig entering Kachemak Bay
Exploration rig entering Kachemak Bay
Exploration rig entering Kachemak Bay
LNG Tanker
Natural gas tanker in Cook Inlet
Buccaneer Jackup Rig in transit
Transport ship Kang Sheng Kou
Jackup rig in Homer
Jackup rig in Homer
Jackup rig in Homer
Jackup rig in Homer
Sunset on Augustine
Fog and Iliamna
Slide on Iliamna
Slide on Iliamna 2
Katmai and Michael
Native fish trap
Kids in a Cave
Surf and foam
Sea Otter Skeleton
Photo fun
Floating Islands in Fire
Balancing the Ball
Sunset Ship
Sunset and Volcano
Nearly Hidden
Big waves at Seldovia Point
Storm and ice fog
Waves on Outside Beach
Snow berg
Storm waves over snow
Crashing storm waves
Katmai on Cook Inlet
Snack time
Walking the beach
Cook Inlet sunset
Redoubt over rough water
Paddling along K-Beach
Visitor on the beach
Exit to thin air
Beluga and oil rig
Drifting on Turnagain
Layered Turnagain Mud
Buccaneer Rig
Oil and Gas exploration on Cook Inlet
Seaweed driftline
Visiting the poultry
Atop an erratic
Walking on mud flats
Stream at sunset
Muddy shore
Fast and smooth