Kivalina

And in Kivalina — where the link between global warming and material damage is strong — they believe they’ve found the perfect challenger.

Conspiracy Theory 2008

And in Kivalina — where the link between global warming and material damage is strong — they believe they’ve found the perfect challenger.

Conspiracy Theory 2008

And in Kivalina — where the link between global warming and material damage is strong — they believe they’ve found the perfect challenger.

Conspiracy Theory 2008

One has already been filed, in fact, by the Alaska native coastal village of Kivalina, which is being forced to relocate because of flooding caused by the changing Arctic climate.

Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 2009

Other examples from Alaska include a 2006 resolution passed in Kaktovik which called Shell Oil "a hostile and dangerous force" for its lack of respect to the community and its failure to work with villagers on the protection of bowhead whales; and a $400m public nuisance lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips and Peabody Energy filed by Kivalina, a community threatened by rising sea levels.

Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010

The Inupiat communities across the Arctic coast of both seas -- Kaktovik, Nuiqsut, Barrow, Wainright, Point Lay, Point Hope and Kivalina -- depend on the rich bounty of the Arctic Ocean for subsistence foods.

Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011

Other examples from Alaska include a 2006 resolution passed in Kaktovik which called Shell Oil "a hostile and dangerous force" for its lack of respect to the community and its failure to work with villagers on the protection of bowhead whales; and a $400m public nuisance lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips and Peabody Energy filed by Kivalina, a community threatened by rising sea levels.

Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010

Other examples from Alaska include a 2006 resolution passed in Kaktovik which called Shell Oil "a hostile and dangerous force" for its lack of respect to the community and its failure to work with villagers on the protection of bowhead whales; and a $400m public nuisance lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips and Peabody Energy filed by Kivalina, a community threatened by rising sea levels.

Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010

Other examples from Alaska include a 2006 resolution passed in Kaktovik which called Shell Oil "a hostile and dangerous force" for its lack of respect to the community and its failure to work with villagers on the protection of bowhead whales; and a $400m public nuisance lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips and Peabody Energy filed by Kivalina, a community threatened by rising sea levels.

Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010

In 2006, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concluded that Kivalina would be uninhabitable in as little as 10 years, and that relocating its approximately 400 residents would cost at least $95 million.

Conspiracy Theory 2008