On the recordApril 9, 2003
One of the points that came up during our hearing was that the impact that the good Eskimo people have made on the land is an impact that they desire. There is a philosophy that they have that the earth was given to them as a gift; that the earth was given to them to use and draw out the resources. So the day that the generations long ago showed up on that coastal plain, the first day they killed the first whale, they believed the creator gave that to them to feed them, to clothe them. That first day they made an impact, and to this day they impact the environment. They want to be able to control their own destiny. They want to work with a sound environmental policy with an energy company who has been a proven neighbor to them in order for them to gain the benefits of the earth. It is really a beautiful holistic approach to the land.
Said by
Matteo Renzi
Italy Alive
Source
govinfo.gov
