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The Stream, December 2: Climate Change Negotiations

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The United States, along with Russia, Canada, Japan, China and…
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The Stream, November 29: New Water Blueprint for Australia’s Food Bowl

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ABC Australia has published the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's…
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The Stream, November 25: Record High Greenhouse Gases

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Levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have hit record…
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The Stream, November 16: Air Pollution Worsens Droughts and Floods

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Wind-generated electricity will cost the same as electricity…
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The Stream, November 15: ‘Waterless’ Fracking?

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Where are the world's biggest sources of renewable energy? According…
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The Stream, October 12: Biofuels Spur Hunger

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U.S. government support for biofuels and inaction on climate…
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The Stream, September 14: Global Climate Spending Grows

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Global climate-protection spending totaled a record $567 billion…
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The Stream, September 13: Renewable Energy in Africa

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After financing about $9.3 billion of hydropower in Africa, China…
Somalia Suffers from Severe Drought

Water and Food Security: Somalia Famine Grows, Drought Could Ease

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Meteorologists are hopeful for future rainfall, though they say the current disaster was preventable. The lack of rain, which is also affecting neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, and political instability have tipped Somalia into a food crisis that could persist, even as drought conditions abate.
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United Nations Urges Ethiopia to Suspend Gibe III Dam Construction

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In June, a committee concluded that the construction of the dam endangered the existence of Lake Turkana, the largest desert lake in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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The Stream, May 2: Energy Peak

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Surprisingly to some, carbon emissions and energy in the United…
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The Stream, March 25: Nuclear Legacy

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While the world is following the unfolding nuclear disaster at…