GreenSource review – Vanishing Village – Kivalina
Posted by Bryan Lauer, LEED AP in GoGreen on 02-11-2009
What seems to be the first major casualty of Global Warming, Kivalina, the Alaskan island home to roughly 400, is loosing shoreline at an alarming rate. Natives mount the seawall with sandbags as a last effort to save their home, and, unfortunately, this isn’t helping.
What would you do if your home was slowly disappearing?
These natives have taken a valiant step by suing energy companies such as Exxon, Shell, BP and many others for their impact on Global Warming.
But why is it the energy companies are the ones at fault? Isn’t every person who drives a car or uses oil/gas at fault? When a person is shot and killed by a gun, the person’s family isn’t suing the gun maker, they are suing the person at fault. Same should go with global warming – it’s the individuals, companies, governments who are consuming the oil/gas that should be at fault.
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