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Populations on the rise in Alaska villages threatened by erosion, changing climate
2016-07-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch News: Aerial view of the village of Kivalina, which is threatened by coastal erosion of the long barrier island between the Chukchi Sea in the distance and a lagoon at the mouth of the Kivalina River in the foreground on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Some Alaska villages perched on thawing and eroding permafrost may have to move soon to more solid ground inland, a daunting prospect. So will residents, on their own, abandon their threatened communities and avoid the need to pay for such costly community...
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How India's 'smart villages' are centralising solar power
2016-07-05 09:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Image caption For the roughly 200 million Indians living off-grid, access to power is a privilege, not a right The Indian government has committed 980bn rupees ($14.5bn; 10.9bn) to a flagship smart cities' programme, but the social entrepreneur behind the country's first smart village thinks they've missed some low-hanging fruit. City-dwellers tend to take electricity for granted, says Ashok Das, but for the roughly 200 million Indians living off-grid, access to power is a privilege, not a...
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Intasive Energy installs solar nano-grids in two Kenyan villages
2016-07-04 01:00:00| Power Technology
Intasive Energy has installed solar nano-grids in the villages of Lemolo B and Echareria in Nakuru County, Kenya.
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Native elders, scientists talk action, plans for fighting climate change in Alaska villages
2016-06-26 06:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fairbanks Daily: The group of Alaska Natives sat in a circle inside the log hall and recounted the signs of climate change theyve seen in their corners of the state. There was no snow on the ground until November in Hooper Bay last year. Only ice, said Gladys Hale-Abraham, which provided broken bones for the elderly or young children who took tumbles on the frozen paths. Beverly Hugo, of Barrow, was laid up over last winter with a broken ankle from a slip and fall after unusual winter rains turned walkways to...
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Villages most affected by climate change
2016-06-19 10:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Miner: Alaska Native villages face some of the highest climate change risks in the nation due to their eroding and flooding shorelines, limited resources, impacts of colonization and strong connection to traditional lands, waters and wildlife they do not wish to leave behind. Some Alaska coastal villages are expected to be underwater as early as the 2020s. Every article that appears on this subject evokes fierce debate about whether saving these communities merit spending hundreds of millions of dollars...
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