Chuitna Coal Project - economic damages to Alaska likely to be far greater than benefits

Economic damages to Alaska's fish, wildlife, scenery, recreation and tourism will exceed any benefits by a wide margin, according to a new analysis by CSE of the likely magnitude of net public benefits associated with the Chuitna Coal Project along Cook Inlet. Prepared for Cook Inletkeepers, the CSE report follows federal and state procedures for true cost accounting of the project and weighs the potential net revenues, jobs, and incomes generated by the project against damages to ecosystem services, air quality and climate. The analysis is based on the best publicly available information released to date about the project, and has been submitted into the administrative record and to Governor Parnell to provide a more complete perspective of the project's economic impacts than is now being considered by federal and state decision makers. Read:

• Final Net Public Benefits Analysis
• Chuitna Press Release 10-6

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