Kivalina : a climate change story /

"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."--Pag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shearer, Christine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, Ill. : [St. Paul, Minn.] : Haymarket Books ; Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2011.
Temas:
Inupiat > Relocation > Alaska > Kivalina.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > Alaska > Kivalina.
Climate change mitigation > Government policy > United States.
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique > Alaska > Kivalina.
Climat > Changements > Atténuation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Economic history
Kivalina (Alaska) > Economic conditions.
Environmental justice > Alaska > Kivalina.
Kivalina (Alaska) > Conditions économiques.
Alaska > Kivalina
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The science of persuasion.
  • Blueprint for denial
  • Shaping legality
  • The industrial revolution and climate change.
  • Fossilized fuels and U.S. power
  • Global what?
  • Kivalina.
  • The human face of global warming
  • Relocation in a neoliberal state.

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