This is historical material “frozen in time”. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.

Find a real solution for Shismaref and the other Inuit villages affected by similar issues

Created by J.P. on January 18, 2012

POINTING OUT that the town of Shismaref OVERWHELMINGLY voted to relocate to Tin Creek, a nearby location away from the coast.

REQUESTING that further action than temporary sea walls that have already failed once be taken.

NOTING that the people Shishmaref filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobile and other oil companies that was immediately dismissed by the Supreme Court, showing possible bias.

ALSO NOTING that the economy of nearby Nome, Alaska could greatly benefit from the peoples of Shishmaref collocating to said city.

ALSO REQUESTING that further involvement of the Army Corps. of Engineers be halted, and that the decisions for Shismaref's wellbeing, by made by Shismaref.

Energy & Environment
Homeland Security & Defense
Economy & Jobs
Return to top