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October 6, 2015

Alaska wants $225M to relocate eroding villages

  • The village of Newtok could become a national model for relocating entire communities threatened by natural disasters escalated by climate change.
    • By RACHEL D’ORO
    Associated Press

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — One of Alaska's most eroded coastal Native villages is being eyed as a possible national model for relocating whole communities whose futures are threatened by natural disasters escalated by climate change.

    The state is hoping to kick-start a mass exodus from the tiny village of Newtok through a national competition for states and local governments vying for a slice of nearly $1 billion in grants to be awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD's National Disaster Resilience Competition is billed as an effort addressing climate change and extreme weather.


     
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