Environment

Hurricane Patricia: Save the Children Warns of Risk to Vulnerable Children as Threat of Landslides and Flash Floods Trail Superstorm

Save the Children aid workers remain on high alert to mount emergency relief efforts for vulnerable children affected by the expected flash floods, volcanic mudflows, and heavy landslides after the west coast of Mexico was hit by a hurricane on Friday...

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Ailing Baltic cod caught in political vortex

EU fisheries ministers meet Thursday to agree 2016 quotas for stocks in the Baltic Sea. With Baltic cod stocks in a worrying state, there is no room for complacency: ministers must set sustainable fishing limits for all stocks, not least cod, and...

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Legal Experts: Landmark Climate Plan Likely To Withstand Polluters' Court Challenges

The rash of lawsuits by polluters and their allies triggered by publishing the Clean Power Plan in the Federal Register are highly unlikely to derail the landmark climate plan, key legal experts said Thursday.

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UN calls for immediate access to conflict-affected areas to prevent catastrophe in South Sudan

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Ten-month-old Ayen Thon at a UNICEF supported hospital in Bor, South Sudan, is being treated for severe acute malnutrition.

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