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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project is so important for the Horn of Africa country that it decided to finance the building of it by itself, after international lenders refused. The hydropower the Blue Nile dam will produce is critical in a country where more than half of the population is without access to electricity. But it’s not just about power of the electrical kind. When talks about the dam broke down last month between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, it wasn’t about sharing water...

 series on Defense360. One of the Biden administration’s most contentious war-related decisions will likely be what to do about Afghanistan. The U.S. military has been fighting in Afghanistan for two decades in a war that has persisted nearly continuously since the late 1970s. However, a precipitous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan at this point—without an intra-Afghan peace agreement—will likely shift the military balance of power in favor of the Taliban and increase the possibility of ...

The govt will pause new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or offshore waters “to the extent possible," statement says.

26 Jan 2021 President Joe Biden is expected to announce sweeping policies on Wednesday to address so-called manmade climate change, including putting millions of acres of federal land off-limits for domestic energy production and elevate environmental concerns to a national security issue. On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order to put a 60-day pause on new drilling leases on federal land but has indicated a permanent ban could be on the way. According to the Congressional R...

US President Joe Biden was planning to announce new bans on oil and gas drilling on federal lands Wednesday as part of a raft of actions that take aim at climate change, according to reports and a White House memo.

Published: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Joe Biden. Photo credit: Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/Flickr President Biden today is expected to revive an Obama-era order that calls on federal agencies to prepare for the national security consequences of climate change. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/Flickr This story was updated at 9 a.m. EST. U.S. spies, analysts and policymakers will ...

Biden to halt fossil fuel leasing on federal land Issued on: 4 min Washington (AFP) President Joe Biden will announce new bans on drilling on federal lands, as well as a US-hosted climate summit in April, as part of a raft of actions that take aim at rising global temperatures. The federal government will pause new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or offshore waters "to the extent possible," and review existing leases, according to a statement. The issue was politically explosive du...

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Joe Biden made climate change a national security priority — what’s next? Oil is less valuable, and water is becoming more scarce Share this story Photo by Per Breiehagen / Getty Images President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order today that makes climate change a top US national security priority. He commissioned a “National Intelligence Estimate on the security implications of climate change.” He also directed the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to develop pl...

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