Melting Ice Threatens To Submerge Entire Villages

“As it stands now, my current home may not exist 10 years from now,” declares Millie Hawley, president of the tribal council of the small Alaskan town of Kivalina. The Washington Post reports that Hawley used these blunt words before introducing President Barack Obama on Sept. 2 at a speech during his visit to Kotzebue, located approximately 75 miles southeast of Kivalina.
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