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Secretary Chu: China's Clean Energy Successes Represent a New "Sputnik Moment" for America

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At National Press Club, Energy Secretary Says Innovation is Key to America's Economic Competitiveness

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Malaria, Downpours And Drought: Report Predicts Major Climate Changes In India By 2030

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NEW DELHI (AP) — A new report says India could be 2 degrees Celsius (3.8 F) warmer than 1970s levels within 20 years — a change that would disrupt rain cycles and wreak havoc on the country's agriculture and freshwater supplies, experts said Wednesday.

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Better Sanitation Could Save 2 Million Lives A Year - Study

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  • Bad sanitation, water account for 7 percent of global disease
  • Billions of people have no access to hygienic toilets
By Kate Kelland
LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Nearly 20 percent of the world's population still defecates in the open, and action to improve hygiene, sanitation and water supply could prevent more than 2 million child deaths a year, health experts said on Monday.
 

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22 Countries Face Food Crisis: UN Agencies

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UN food agencies say persistent food crises are leaving 166 million people in 22 countries chronically hungry.

Wars, natural disasters and poor government institutions have contributed to a continuous state of undernourishment in countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, Somalia and Sudan, the Food and Agriculture Operation and the World Food Program said in a new report.

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