In 2008, the Inupiat village sued 24 of the world's biggest fossil fuel companies for damages. In 2013, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case and the village has declared it will not file a new claim in state court.
Meanwhile, nature, heedless of humankind’s eternal squabbles, goes about its business: the sea around Kivalina continues to rise, the storms get stronger, the ice gets thinner — and Kivalina's 400 residents must grapple with how to relocate in the decade they're estimated to have left.
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here's a tip, don't build a town out on an isthmus like that.
ReplyDeleteHow long can you tread water?
ReplyDeleteFor pete's sake. I'd have more sympathy if I didn't have knowledge of islands in the Chesapeake that disappeared. Erosion is going to occur.
ReplyDeleteyes, climate does change. it's cyclical. read history to see that this has been going on since the beginning of time and will continue in the future. duh...
ReplyDeleteHere's the deal you island folks...keep the deed and pass it down a couple of generations if you ever must evacuate...sometime in the future, your land will be available once again.
ReplyDeleteWhat's really funny is that the island is sinking, the ocean is not rising.
ReplyDeleteSubsidence
ReplyDeleteis there anything less sustainable than the shoreline?
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