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33 NARF Legal Rev. 1 (2008)

handle is hein.journals/narf33 and id is 1 raw text is: Eroding Alaska Town Sues 24 Oil and Energy Companies for Destruction Caused by Global Warming The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment - plus six law firms - filed a lawsuit on behalf of a tiny and impoverished Alaskan village of Inupiat Eskimos located in the Arctic Circle against industrial corporations that emit large quantities of greenhouse gases. The Native Village of Kivalina faces imminent destruction from global warming due to the melting of sea ice that formerly protected the village from coastal storms during the fall and winter. The diminished sea ice, due to global warming, has caused a massive erosion problem that threatens the village's existence and urgently requires the village be relocated. The Native Village of Kivalina, which is a federally recognized Indian Tribe, and the City of Kivalina, which is an Alaskan municipality, filed the lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, located in San Francisco. They filed the case on their own behalves and on behalf of all tribal members against defen- VOLUME 33! NO.1 WINTERISPRING 2008 VOLUME 339 H0.1

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