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Climate change bullies

Declaring the need for "transformational" action on climate change as a settled question, Virgin Islands' Attorney General Claude Earl Walker recently announced, "We cannot continue to rely on fossil fuel. Vice President Gore has made that clear." (Glad that's all settled!) Walker was

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WHO declares global emergency over Zika virus spread

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an "extraordinary event" that poses a public health threat to other parts of the world. The U.N.

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Zika virus is ‘spreading explosively,’ UN health chief says

GENEVA (AP) — Declaring that the Zika virus is "spreading explosively," the World Health Organization announced it will hold an emergency meeting of independent experts Monday to decide if the outbreak should be declared an international health emergency. At a special meeting Thursday in Geneva, WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret