US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal Read more“Without federal coordination from Washington DC, there isn’t much hope. “It was clear from the start of the Trump administration that there was no interest in helping Alaskan communities, particularly coastal communities, adapt to climate change,” said Victoria Hermann, president of the Arctic Institute. Last August, Shishmaref residents voted to relocate to the mainland but, in common with other Alaskan towns, there is no clear source of funding to do this. The last resident of the “old” Port Heiden moved away a decade ago and now all but four of the original structures have washed away. People in Port Heiden definitely think climate change is a real and serious threat.”

Source: The Guardian August 10, 2017 09:00 UTC