News on the early 2021 environment

  • Baboons face a crocodile

    • The baboon has canines that are 5 cm long, almost as long as those of a lion; but the crocodile's body is covered with a solid bony plate that can withstand the sharpest blades.

    PUBLICATION JAN 23th 2021 AT 7 AM

    Baboons face a crocodile

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  • How the Nazca lines almost disappeared

    • Considered one of the most fabulous witnesses to our history and our past, the geoglyphs of Nazca could have disappeared without an international diplomatic incident.

    PUBLICATION JAN 23th 2021 AT 8 AM

    How the Nazca lines almost disappeared

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  • Alaska: When the National Arctic Wildlife Refuge is for sale

    • The sale of oil and gas concessions within the National Arctic Wildlife Refuge took place on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, as proponents of the drilling face economic hardship.

    FROM JOEL K.BOURNE, JR.
    PUBLICATION JAN 7 2021 AT 3:13 PM

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    In Alaska, the Brooks Mountain Range is the dividing line between the forested taiga and the tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
    PICTURE OF KILIII YUYAN

    One of the greatest environmental struggles in modern American history is about to end. And its outcome was unpredictable to say the least.

    It pitted the Trump administration (favorable to oil development), the state of Alaska, and a few Native North Slope companies (all of which rely heavily on petroleum tax revenues) against almost all of the major environmental organizations. of the country, to the Gwich'in people of Alaska and Canada, and, according to recent polls, to the majority of Americans. The subject of the discord? The jewel of the American wilderness.