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Kenya's vegetable evangelist claims a prize – and takes on climate change.
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Analysis: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s claim that the U.S. is 'leading the world' in...
Environmental Protection Agency Administer Scott Pruitt boasted of America's shirking CO2 footprint, but he neglected to mention that the country is also among the...
Chinese scientists plant corals undersea.
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As climate threats grow, Solomon Islands hunts “evergreen” solutions.
PAPAGU, Solomon Islands (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Three years ago, thousands of farmers living on the flat fertile plains of Guadalcanal, the largest...
Outward migration may alter population dynamics and income inequality
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