An Alaskan village is falling into the sea. Washington is looking the other way.

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The tiny town of Shishmaref, Alaska, is precariously close to being washed away because of climate change. Villagers want to move, but the Trump administration has scuttled plans to help. Amy Martin of the Threshold podcast has the story, part of our series “The big melt: Life in the changing Arctic.”

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