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EPA chief unconvinced on CO2 link to global warming

Image: The Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to run the Environmental Protection Agency over the objections of Democrats and environmentalists worried he…

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Hungry Somali families face agonizing choice: which child to feed

Image: An internally displaced Somali woman sits with her children inside their shelter at the Al-cadaala camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu…

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Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO

Image: Children look for plastic bottles at the polluted Bagmati River in Kathmandu March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar LONDON (Reuters) –…

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Hot, dry weather in Ivory Coast sparks concern for cocoa crop

Image: FILE PHOTO: Women from a local cocoa farmers association lift a sack in a cocoa warehouse in Djangobo, Ivory Coast,…

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Afghan capital’s thirsty residents dig deep to combat drought, overuse

Image: An Afghan girl carries water on her back as she climbs a hill in Kabul, Afghanistan February 20, 2017. Picture…

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At least three dead, 19 missing as floods hit central Chile

Image: People walk along a damage road after a flood near Santiago, Chile February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer By Gram Slattery SANTIAGO…

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Famine-hit South Sudanese eat weeds and water lilies to survive

Image: A woman waits to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme…

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South Africa weather service says El Nino may return in spring

Image: A man walks past the carcass of sheep that died from the El Nino-related drought in Marodijeex town of southern…

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