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Author : Christine Shearer
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608461718
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Kivalina written by Christine Shearer and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of an Alaska Native village destroyed by flooding and erosion caused by climate change—and how they fought for help. Warming Arctic temperatures have been making coastal areas of Alaska increasingly uninhabitable. In 2008, the small Alaska Native village of Kivalina filed a legal claim against some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies for damaging their homeland and creating a false debate around climate change. Academic and former journalist Christine Shearer explores the history leading up to the lawsuit, its connections to disaster management and adaptation, and its relationship to past misinformation campaigns involving lead, asbestos, and tobacco. Kivalina’s struggle for safe relocation, the book argues, is part of our common struggle to acknowledge and address climate change before it is too late. 2012 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award (Honorable Mention) Praise for Kivalina “Moving, infuriating, ominous . . . . Shearer provides an impressively concise and comprehensive history of the growth of corporate power in America; its influence on, entwinement with, and corruption of government; [and] corporate obfuscation of industrial hazards.” —Publisher’s Weekly “Best book of 2011: one of the most timely and important books to be published in 2011—and in the past decade.” —Jeff Biggers, The Huffington Post “In novelistic detail, Shearer recounts the science, politics, legal battles, and human experience at one of the leading edges of climate change impact. In doing so, she . . . tells the story not just of one village in Alaska, but of us all.” —The Society of Environmental Journalists

Kivalina

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Author : Christine Shearer
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608461289
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Kivalina written by Christine Shearer and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For the people of Kivalina, Alaska, the price of further climate change denial could be the complete devasation of their lives and culture. Their village must be relocated to survive, but neither the fossil fuel giants nor the U.S. government are willing to take full responsibility."--P. [4] of cover.

Journey Through Fire and Ice

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Author : Deanne Burch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949642599
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Journey Through Fire and Ice written by Deanne Burch and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of twenty-three, Deanne Burch accompanied her husband, Ernest "Tiger" Burch to the Inuit village of Kivalina, Alaska, a barrier island 23 miles above the Arctic Circle. Tiger was conducting a participant study of the natives, whereas Deanne was a city girl - ethnocentric, naïve, and completely unprepared for the journey she was about to embark on. In Kivalina, she lived on the edge of two worlds - the one she left behind and the one where she reluctantly participated in all aspects of the women's lives. Skinning seals, cleaning and drying fish, cutting beluga and caribou to store became her way of life. Plumbing, running water and electricity were not available. Loneliness was a constant companion, although she tried to be accepted by the Inuit women who were suspicious of all white women. Gradually Deanne adapted to living in a culture she knew nothing about. The midnight sun was followed by relentless darkness and brutal weather. With this came a journey into the unknown. First was a fateful camping trip where they nearly lost their lives, followed six days later by a fire in their house, an event that left Tiger badly burned. During the three months Tiger spent in the hospital, his only wish was to return to Kivalina and finish what he had started. Despite horrific burns on his face and hands and seared lungs from which he never recuperated, Tiger and Deanne returned to the village to complete the study. Instead of believing in fairy tales and happy endings, Deanne became a woman of strength ready to face the next challenge. Over fifty years later she remembers the young girl who left on an unknown journey. A journey that will live in her heart forever.

Environment of the Cape Thompson Region, Alaska

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Author : United States. Committee on Environmental Studies for Project Chariot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Environment of the Cape Thompson Region, Alaska written by United States. Committee on Environmental Studies for Project Chariot and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete environmental study of the area for Project Chariot, Plowshare Program. Covers physical and bioenvironmental aspects of the land, the coast, the Chukchi sea; the people, radioactivity in the area.

Global Climate Change, Population Displacement, and Public Health

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Author : Lawrence A. Palinkas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030418901
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Global Climate Change, Population Displacement, and Public Health written by Lawrence A. Palinkas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely text examines the causes and consequences of population displacement related to climate change in the recent past, the present, and the near future. First and foremost, this book includes an examination of patterns of population displacement that have occurred or are currently underway. Second, the book introduces a three-tier framework for both understanding and responding to the public health impacts of climate-related population displacement. It illustrates the interrelations between impacts on the larger physical and social environment that precipitates and results from population displacement and the social and health impacts of climate-related migration. Third, the book contains first-hand accounts of climate-related population displacement and its consequences, in addition to reviews of demographic data and reviews of existing literature on the subject. Topics explored among the chapters include: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico The California Wildfires Fleeing Drought: The Great Migration to Europe Fleeing Flooding: Asia and the Pacific Fleeing Coastal Erosion: Kivalina and Isle de Jean Charles Although the book is largely written from the perspective of a researcher, it reflects the perspectives of practitioners and policymakers on the need for developing policies, programs, and interventions to address the growing numbers of individuals, families, and communities that have been displaced as a result of short- and long-term environmental disasters. Global Climate Change, Population Displacement, and Public Health is a vital resource for an international audience of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers representing a variety of disciplines, including public health, public policy, social work, urban development, climate and environmental science, engineering, and medicine.

Urban Climate Resilience

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Author : van der Berg, Angela
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803922508
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Urban Climate Resilience written by van der Berg, Angela and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This significant book addresses the most important legal issues that cities face when attempting to adapt to the changing climate. This includes how to become more resilient against the impacts of climate change such as sea level rise, increases in the intensity and frequency of storms, floods, droughts, and extreme temperatures.

Tribes, Land, and the Environment

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Author : Sarah Krakoff
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317006305
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Tribes, Land, and the Environment written by Sarah Krakoff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal and environmental concerns related to Indian law and tribal lands remain an understudied branch of both indigenous law and environmental law. Native American tribes have a far more complex relationship with the environment than is captured by the stereotype of Indians as environmental stewards. Meaningful tribal sovereignty requires that non-Indians recognize the right of Indians to determine their own relationship to the land and the environment. But tribes do not exist in a vacuum: in fact they are deeply affected by off-reservation activities and, similarly, tribal choices often have effects on nearby communities. This book brings together diverse essays by leading Indian law scholars across the disciplines of indigenous and environmental law. The chapters reveal the difficulties encountered by Native American tribes in attempts to establish their own environmental standards within federal Indian law and environmental law structures. Gleaning new insights from a focus on tribal land and property law, the collection studies the practice of tribal sovereignty as experienced by Indians and non-Indians, with an emphasis on the development and regulatory challenges these tribes face in the wake of climate change. This volume will advance the reader's knowledge and understanding of these challenging issues.

Alaska Native Village Erosion

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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Alaska Native Village Erosion written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Arctic Voices

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Author : Subhankar Banerjee
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 160980385X
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Arctic Voices written by Subhankar Banerjee and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the great strengths of Arctic Voices is that it shows how Alaska and the Arctic are tied to the places where most of us live. In this impassioned book, Banerjee shows a situation so serious that it has created a movement, where 'voices of resistance are gathering, are getting louder and louder.' May his heartfelt efforts magnify them. The climate changes that are coming have hit soon and hard in the Arctic, and their consequences may be starkest there."–Ian Frazier, The New York Review of Books A pristine environment of ecological richness and biodiversity. Home to generations of indigenous people for thousands of years. The location of vast quantities of oil, natural gas and coal. Largely uninhabited and long at the margins of global affairs, in the last decade Arctic Alaska has quickly become the most contested land in recent US history. World-renowned photographer, writer, and activist Subhankar Banerjee brings together first-person narratives from more than thirty prominent activists, writers, and researchers who address issues of climate change, resource war, and human rights with stunning urgency and groundbreaking research. From Gwich'in activist Sarah James's impassioned appeal, "We Are the Ones Who Have Everything to Lose," during the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in 2009 to an original piece by acclaimed historian Dan O'Neill about his recent trips to the Yukon Flats fish camps, Arctic Voices is a window into a remarkable region. Other contributors include Seth Kantner, Velma Wallis, Nick Jans, Debbie Miller, Andri Snaer Magnason, George Schaller, George Archibald, Cindy Shogan, and Peter Matthiessen.

Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale No.109

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Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale No.109 written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

PNE.

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Author : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book PNE. written by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Geological Survey Professional Paper

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Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geological Survey Professional Paper written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Globalization, Violence and World Governance

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Author : Laura Westra
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004201343
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Globalization, Violence and World Governance written by Laura Westra and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work Laura Westra draws our attention to the failure of international law to promote and protect the rights of society in the face of the ravages of neoliberal agendas in an era of globalization. This book outlines how international law is perhaps a misnomer, and at its core there is a great distance between laws as they are written and laws as they are implemented. Each chapter in this volume peels back the illusions of laws as instruments designed to protect the public welfare, and shows how the intersection of globalization and neoliberal democracy has stripped people of their dignity, has violated human rights, has resulted in ecological disaster, all for the singular goal of profit and in the name of so-called economic rationality. Westra demonstrates how documents like national constitutions, with its eloquent language on the rights of its citizens, are cast aside when it comes to defending those rights. Calling international law a failed enterprise, the heart of this book explores how we may yet reconstruct a true system of international rights enforced by real international laws, and contemplates the limitations and possibilities of international organizations to effectively address truly international problems. Through the lens of what might be called a political ecology Westra offers us a call for action to protect our environments and indeed our selves.

Village of the Ghost Bears

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Author : Stan Jones
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1569478643
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book Village of the Ghost Bears written by Stan Jones and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth Nathan Active mystery Alaska State Trooper Nathan Active must figure out what connects a dead hunter on a remote Arctic lake with a year-old fatal plane crash in the Brooks Range and an arson at the Chukchi Recreation Center. That fire killed eight people, including the police chief and the town’s basketball star. Active’s investigation leads him to a lucrative polar-bear poaching operation and a brother and sister with an intense bond from a village famous for twins, polar bears, and schizophrenia.

Chukchi Sea Planning Area, Oil and Gas Sale 193 and the Seismic Surveying Activities in the Chukchi Sea

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Water Resources Data

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Water Resources Data written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: