# @propublica on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKktu6JS2sh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34003317-propublica-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e41500ad86.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-06-06T21:06:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** ProPublica (@propublica) — https://gondola.cc/propublica

## Caption

Newtok, Alaska, was supposed to be a model for climate relocation. So what went wrong?

Listen to kyukmedia and ProPublica reporter emilyeschwing explain how the challenges of moving the town off a bed of thawing permafrost highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

“The fact that we don’t have a government framework for dealing with these issues is not just an Alaska problem, it’s a national problem,” one climate adaptation consultant told us.

🔗 Tap the link in bio to read more.

Story co-published with washingtonpost Photography by Ash Adams for The Washington Post.

#climatechange #climaterelocation #climaterefugees #newtok #mertarvik #alaska #indigenous #indigenousalaskan #yupik

## Stats

- **Views:** 198
- **Likes:** 2,190
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- **Comments:** 36

## Tags

climaterelocation, climatechange, climaterefugees, alaska, mertarvik, yupik, indigenous, newtok, indigenousalaskan

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