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Kivalina : a climate change story Cover Image Book Book

Kivalina : a climate change story / Christine Shearer.

Shearer, Christine. (Author).

Summary:

"For the people of Kivalina, Alaska, the price of further climate change denial could be the complete devastation of their lives and culture. Their village must be relocated to survive, but neither the fossil fuel giants or the U.s. government are willing to take full responsibility."--Page 4 of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781608461288
  • ISBN: 1608461289
  • Physical Description: vii, 199 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books ; 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Blueprint for denial -- Shaping legality -- Fossilized fuels and U.S. power -- Global what? -- The human face of global warming -- Relocation in a neoliberal state.

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Subject: Kivalina (Alaska) > Economic conditions.
Inupiat > Relocation > Alaska > Kivalina.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > Alaska > Kivalina.
Environmental justice > Alaska > Kivalina.
Climate change mitigation > Government policy > United States.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects.
Economic history.
Environmental justice.
Alaska > Kivalina.
United States.

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Homer Public Library AK 979.87 SHE (Text) 000162668 Fireplace Lounge Available -

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