• United Nations urges major agricultural countries to balance feeding poor with saving the environment.

• Army Corps suggests Southeast water-sharing plan that’s likely to harm threatened species.

• Critics slam federal agencies for favoring dirty power in proposed energy corridors.

• Nicholas Stern says he underestimated the threat posed by climate change.

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