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For the Inupiat peoples of Kivalina in the Arctic of Alaska, the price
of further climate change denial could be the complete devastation of their
lives and culture. Their crumbling village must be relocated to survive.
But neither the government, nor the fossil fuel giants who have helped
speed up the destruction of their village seem to willing to take
responsibility.
In her compelling new book Kivalina: A Climate Change Story,
published by Haymarket Books, Christine Shearer traces the history of
corporate greed and government compitulation and connects it to the
plight of this ancient Eskimo community by the Chukchi Sea coast. A grim
forewarning of what could soon be the plight of coastal communities
across the world if we don’t act now.
We are proud to publish the introduction to her book for you here. –
Jeffrey St. Clair & Joshua Frank
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In February 2008, a tiny Alaska Native village named Kivalina filed
suit against twenty-four fossil fuel companies for contributing to the
village’s erosion through large greenhouse gas emissions, and for creating
a false debate around climate change. The lawsuit was filed in conjunction
with environmental justice and indigenous rights organizations as one of