page_title: Kivalina, Alaska
section_title: Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation
hierarchical_section_title: Kivalina, Alaska / Environmental issues / Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation
caption_attribution_description: English: Orange Goo (Chrysomyxa ledicola) in Kivalina, Alaska
context_page_description: Kivalina is a city and village in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 377 at the 2000 census and 374 as of the 2010 census.
  The island on which the village lies is threatened by rising sea levels and coastal erosion. As of 2013, it is predicted that the island will be inundated by 2025.
context_section_description: The city of Kivalina and a federally recognized tribe, the Alaska Native Village of Kivalina, sued Exxon Mobil Corporation, eight other oil companies, 14 power companies and one coal company in a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco on February 26, 2008, claiming that the large amounts of greenhouse gases they emit contribute to global warming that threatens the community's existence. The lawsuit estimated the cost of relocation at $400 million. The suit was dismissed by the United States district court on September 30, 2009, on the grounds that regulating greenhouse emissions was a political rather than a legal issue and one that needed to be resolved by Congress and the Administration rather than by courts.
  Kivalina has also sued Canadian mining company Teck Cominco for polluting its water source.
caption: "Orange goo"
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