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January 2021

22 Jan One-third of US rivers have changed color in recent decades, research finds

Posted at 16:03h in Pollution

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Significance of changes are unclear and could reflect various ways in which humans are impacting the environment Rivers may seem like immutable features of the landscape but they are in fact changing color over time, a new study has found. Researchers compiled a database of satellite images...

22 Jan Montana tribal members, fearing water contamination, relieved as Keystone XL pipeline blocked

Posted at 15:51h in Pollution

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GREAT FALLS, Mont. – When Cheyenne Foote heard that President Joe Biden blocked the Keystone XL pipeline permit on his first day in office, she cried. Foote, 68, is an elder of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, and she feared the pipeline, which...

22 Jan Biden returns US to Paris climate accord hours after becoming president

Posted at 15:41h in Climate

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Biden administration rolls out a flurry of executive orders aimed at tackling climate crisis Joe Biden has moved to reinstate the US to the Paris climate agreement just hours after being sworn in as president, as his administration rolls out a cavalcade of executive orders aimed...