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Alaskan Village Sues Over Global Warming

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the quit-pissin-in-our-pool dept.

hightower_40 writes to mention that a small Alaskan village has sued two dozen oil, power, and coal companies, blaming them for contributing to global warming. "Sea ice traditionally protected the community, whose economy is based in part on salmon fishing plus subsistence hunting of whale, seal, walrus, and caribou. But sea ice that forms later and melts sooner because of higher temperatures has left the community unprotected from fall and winter storm waves and surges that lash coastal areas."

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  1. simple really .... by Brigadier · · Score: 5, Funny



    cost per person to relocate inhabitants = $30,000
    cost per person to have lawyers sign moving agreement = $970,000

    going to law school and specializing in environmental law .. priceless

  2. re: The funny thing - Eskimo cars by z80kid · · Score: 5, Funny
    An Eskimo is driving when his car starts to make a noise. He takes it to the garage and the mechanic looks at it. "Hmm, looks like you've blown a seal."

    "No," says the Eskimo, "it's just frost on my mustache."

    ~~~
    (What the hell, I've got some karma to burn.)