CLIMATE CRISIS

REJOINING PARIS ACCORD

One of the first executive orders Biden signed at the Oval Office had the US rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. Trump formally withdrew from the accord in Nov last year, a decision announced three years ago

HALTING KEYSTONE XL

Construction on the long-disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline was halted. The 2,735-km pipeline was emblematic of tensions between economic development and curbing emissions