Alaska Native village votes to relocate in the face of rising sea levels

[hobbits_friend]

Vote of a lifetime: Alaskan town decides whether to stay or go in face of climate change

“What’s special about Shishmaref is that we’re all family,” said Esau Sinnok, an 18-year-old climate activist from Shishmaref, a native village in western Alaska that might have to relocate because of climate change.

“All 650 people there are my family and not

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[eveofrevolution]

[sugartitty]

What a sad decision to have to make. We are going to see more and more climate change refugees in the years to come and yet people will continue to close their eyes and cling to ignorance of this very real and terrible problem. I truly fear that our refusal to make substantive and aggressive changes to the way we deal with our environment and natural resources is going to destroy us. It's incredible to think how many of our issues--war, terrorism, famine, economic inequality--are linked to climate change.

[soleiltropiques]

This is so sad and terrible, OP. Thanks for posting.

What a terrible choice to have to make.