The photo that says more about Alaska than all of Obama’s Instagram feed - The Washington Post
Obama in Alaska, talking about climate change on his visit. Talks about Kivalina, typical low-lying city that is being submerged by rising seas / climate change. Will be interesting to see who flips the bill for these damages / loss of cities as below. Feds pay for it, or pay for adaptation due to inaction, while oil companies continue their free ride polluting CO2 into the atmosphere? For how long?
"...the price tag of this relocation is huge, and it’s unclear what the
federal government is willing to pay for. It pledged another $2 million
Wednesday to help remote Alaskan villages hard-hit by climate change,
but it will cost at least $100 million to move Kivalina. Even
constructing an evacuation road to higher ground will cost $15 million,
and maybe more than twice that if a causeway needs to be built as part
of the project."
Obama in Alaska, talking about climate change on his visit. Talks about Kivalina, typical low-lying city that is being submerged by rising seas / climate change. Will be interesting to see who flips the bill for these damages / loss of cities as below. Feds pay for it, or pay for adaptation due to inaction, while oil companies continue their free ride polluting CO2 into the atmosphere? For how long?
"...the price tag of this relocation is huge, and it’s unclear what the
federal government is willing to pay for. It pledged another $2 million
Wednesday to help remote Alaskan villages hard-hit by climate change,
but it will cost at least $100 million to move Kivalina. Even
constructing an evacuation road to higher ground will cost $15 million,
and maybe more than twice that if a causeway needs to be built as part
of the project."
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