The new site already has six houses. Plans include two intersecting airport runways, plots for houses, a wind farm, a water plant, a small boat harbor and a community garden; facilities that Newtok residents do not currently have.
Climate Change
Denali Commission faces internal hurdles ahead of threatened villages effort
The commission tasked by the president to help Alaska communities threatened by climate change also has it’s own issues to deal with.
Jewell says ‘Keep It in the Ground’ movement simplistic, country too reliant on fossil fuels
A recently published report says burning all the world’s currently attainable fossil fuels would melt the Antarctic ice sheet, putting places such as Florida and the East Coast under water.
Massive seabird die-off hits Kodiak
Reports of bird carcasses along Kodiak’s shores started in April and May. By August things had gotten worse.
Religion and climate change – can you talk about both?
Is climate change a religious issue? A group of Alaskans says yes. They joined together this weekend in Anchorage for an interfaith Earth Care Jamboree.
In unnerving trend, 35,000 walrus haul out at Point Lay
In what’s becoming an increasingly common sight, tens of thousands of walrus have hauled out on the coast of the Chukchi Sea near the Native Village of Point Lay.