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Where Warmth is A Threat

The Threat of Climate Change The Yale Globalist Catherine Hart 11 May 09

Shifting weather patterns have produced deep fears as well as serious immediate consequences for the Inuit.

Peter Kulchyski, professor of Aboriginal Studies at the University of Manitoba, worries that the eventual environmental, economic, and cultural costs of climate change in Canada’s arctic will outweigh any gains the region can make through development……………………………………………Increased access to uranium deposits also threatens hunting. The Inuit living in Baker Lake, one of the few communities in inland Nunavut, recently allowed Aurora Energy Resources Inc., a fast-growing local mining company, to acquire the rights to explore the surrounding land for uranium. With the mines would come jobs and revenue for the province. But the mines could poison wildlife and divert caribou herd migration patterns. Such a development would devastate hunting and likely leave the land barren for years.

The Yale Globalist – Where Warmth is A Threat

May 12, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized