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Alaska Native impacts exposed to U.S. House climate committee

Alaska Native leader Mike Williams today urged Congress to move soon on legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Williams is a Akiak village leader, Vice Chairman of the Alaska Intertribal Council and a board member of the National Tribal Environmental Council. He testified at a U.S. House Select Committee on Global Warming hearing about the impact climate change is having on minority and disadvantaged communities.Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC