Article K9KA Obama says struggling Arctic village is 'wake-up call' for US on global warming

Obama says struggling Arctic village is 'wake-up call' for US on global warming

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Rory Carroll in Los Angeles and agencies
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The US president says climate change is threatening remote Kotzebue's way of life and vowed to help Alaska cut its fossil fuel use

Barack Obama concluded his Alaska trip on Wednesday by visiting a struggling community in the Arctic circle and calling its plight a wake-up call on global warming.

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