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Report: Climate Change Disproportionately Impacts Indigenous Americans

HeadlineAug 24, 2011

A new report finds Native Americans and Alaska Natives are the U.S. group most detrimentally impacted by climate change. According to the National Wildlife Federation, a dependence on natural resources to sustain economic and cultural practices, lagging infrastructure and a profound lack of financial and technical resources has placed Native Americans at an increased risk. The report finds severe weather linked to climate change, such as drought, wildfires and snowstorms, disproportionately harms the already vulnerable Native communities.

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