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Biden raises hopes of addressing #CLIMATE crisis as Cop26 nears

January 21, 2021: President has vowed to rejoin Paris agreement, cut fossil fuel reliance, and invest in low-carbon growthJoe Biden’s pledges of strong action on the climate crisis have buoyed international hopes that 2021 can be a breakthrough year, resetting the world on a greener path to net zero greenhouse gas emissions.Climate...

At a muted inauguration, Biden asks Americans to stop the shouting and lower the #TEMPERATURE

January 21, 2021: Biden was inaugurated in a city that depressingly resembled an armed camp — as did California's state Capitol and statehouses around the country.

What is the Paris #CLIMATE agreement and why is the US rejoining?

January 21, 2021: One of US President Joe Biden's first acts in office will be to rejoin the global climate accord.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Takes on Ted Cruzs Paris #CLIMATE Agreement Comments

January 21, 2021: President Joe Biden's decision to rejoin the accord sparked an early conflict between prominent Democratic and Republican lawmakers.

Our futures are at stake: sports #CLIMATE crisis weakness and how to change it

January 21, 2021: Athletes don’t want to be accused of hypocrisy but the changing environment is already impacting many sportsFor a sector of society so adept at harnessing communities, cities, even entire countries, sport is strangely weak at empowering action on the issue which matters most. Perhaps the pace of sport, the relentl...

Heavy rains to drench the South, while West expected to get #DROUGHT relief

January 21, 2021: Heavy rain is expected to spread from the Southwest into the Southern Plains and Southeast.   

Heavy #WEATHER and a Leninalike – Thursdays best photos

January 21, 2021: The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...

World leaders laud US return to #CLIMATE fight under Biden

January 21, 2021: World leaders have breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under President Joe Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change, a cause that his predecessor had shunned

Greta Thunberg takes down Ted Cruz for being a total idiot about #CLIMATE change

January 21, 2021: The last four years have given Greta Thunberg plenty of practice when it comes to expertly shading politicians on Twitter, and she's not done. Mere hours after pulverising former president Donald Trump with a farewell tweet, the teen climate activist delivered a superb smack to Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who made ...

The biggest step the Biden administration took on #CLIMATE yesterday wasn’t rejoining the Paris Agreement

January 21, 2021: While the Biden Administration is being celebrated for its decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement in one of its first executive orders after President Joe Biden was sworn in, it wasn’t the biggest step the administration took to advance its climate agenda. Instead it was a move to get to the basics of monitori...

Independent panel completes probe into claims of toxic #ENVIRONMENT at Rideau Hall

January 21, 2021: An independent consulting firm has completed its review into claims of a toxic environment and workplace harassment at Rideau Hall and sources say the report is scathing.

The next #CLIMATE change challenge: Matching words with action

January 21, 2021: Recent meteorological disasters have focused world leaders’ attention on the dangers of climate change. Will their lofty words translate into action?

Biden returns US to Paris #CLIMATE accord hours after becoming president

January 21, 2021: Biden administration rolls out a flurry of executive orders aimed at tackling climate crisisJoe 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 at tackling the climate crisis.Bidenâ€...

Hundreds of never-before-seen lifeforms live in this 6,000-foot-deep #VOLCANOs acid jets

January 21, 2021: Researchers discover 300 novel microbes living near the blazing hot jets of an underwater volcano near New Zealand

Kerry promises Europeans Biden will seek to make up time on #CLIMATE action

January 21, 2021: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday vowed during an appearance at an Italian climate conference that the Biden administration would make up for the past four years of climate inaction under President Trump.In his first international address...

Biden selects #NOAA political team as decision on next agency head looms

January 21, 2021: The new ocean-focused senior staff will provide support for the eventual NOAA administrator.

John Kerry commits US to #CLIMATE crisis fight but warns world is way off pace

January 21, 2021: Joe Biden’s new climate envoy says: ‘all nations must raise ambition together – or we will all fail, together’The world is lagging behind the required pace of change needed to avert catastrophic impacts from the climate crisis, John Kerry has warned in his first remarks as the US’s new climate envoy.Kerry,...

North-west England and Wales badly hit by #FLOODS from Storm Christoph

January 21, 2021: Severe warnings in place as care homes evacuated, roads blocked and body found in riverSevere flood warnings remained in place in north-west England and Wales on Thursday evening following a tumultuous 24 hours in which hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes, and the body of a man was recovered from a ri...

Here are tax issues to consider if you tapped retirement account to #WEATHER 2020

January 21, 2021: With tax season approaching, millions of Americans who made emergency retirement plan withdrawals under the federal CARES Act now have some decisions to make.

Manchester #SINKHOLE: Houses collapse in Gorton street

January 21, 2021: Investigations are ongoing into what caused the road surface to give way, United Utilities say.

Dose of #ARCTIC air in Northeast, Upper Midwest to be accompanied by spotty snow

January 21, 2021: As a tiny piece of the polar vortex spins across southern Canada, forecasters say that a small dose of Arctic air will be turned loose on the northeastern United States and part of the Midwest into the weekend and will continue to produce barrages of lake-effect snow and snow showers in the region. “The air...

Back-to-back storms produce severe #FLOODING, evacuations in UK

January 21, 2021: A turbulent week in weather resulted in serious flooding across much of the United Kingdom, with the flooding so extensive in parts that it prompted a damage survey from the country’s prime minister Boris Johnson. In the wake of Storm Christoph and Storm Gaetan, flood warnings were issued across the British Is...

Heard the inauguration fireworks far from D.C.? Blame a #TEMPERATURE inversion.

January 21, 2021: The fireworks display was reportedly heard as much as 15 miles away.

Payette stepping down as governor general after review finds she presided over toxic work #ENVIRONMENT

January 21, 2021: Now former Gov. Gen. Julie Payette and her former secretary Assunta di Lorenzo have resigned their positions today after a review of Rideau Hall found that the pair presided over a toxic work environment. 

Southern #OCEAN waters are warming faster than thought, threatening Antarctic ice

January 21, 2021: Deep waters in the Southern Ocean are warming faster than previously known, which may speed the melting of parts of the Antarctica.
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