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Sandra (Sandy) Frederick
Idaho Mountain Express
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January 22, 1940—June, 21, 2025 Sandra (Sandy) Frederick passed away peacefully on June 21 at the age of 85 in Monroe, Washington. She was a wonderful mom, grandma and friend to many and will be deeply missed by all who knew her. She is survived...
Australia’s ‘immoral’ coalmine decision akin to drowning its Pacific neighbours, Tuvalu’s climate minister declares
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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October 1, 2024
Tuvalu’s climate minister says Australia’s decision to approve three coalmine expansions calls into question its claim to be a “member of the Pacific family”, and undermines the Australian case to co-host the 2026 UN climate summit with island...
Australia’s ‘immoral’ coalmine decision akin to drowning Pacific neighbours, Tuvalu climate minister declares
The Guardian
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September 30, 2024
Tuvalu’s climate minister says Australia’s decision to approve three coalmine expansions calls into question the country’s claim to be a “member of the Pacific family” and undermines the Australian case to co-host the 2026 UN climate summit with...
Contributing to climate crisis solutions
The Pacific Island Times
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October 3, 2024
Micro Waves By Jack Niedenthal Majuro — My wife and I recently took some of our grandchildren to Laura Beach at the end of the island in Majuro. We have been going there for decades. The beach, located at the atoll’s tip, is long. It has white...
Civil servants warn fossil fuel exploration could harm New Zealand’s climate reputation
Climate Home News
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October 3, 2024
Oil and gas drilling could damage relations with Pacific neighbours and risk lawsuits, New Zealand civil servants warned Civil servants from New Zealand’s foreign and trade ministry have advised politicians that reversing a ban on offshore oil and...
SUSANNE RUST OF THE L.A. TIMES RECEIVES INAUGURAL AVIRAM AWARD FOR CLIMATE JOURNALISM
L.A. Downtown News - California
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September 26, 2024
$100,000 award from the Aviram Foundation, presented at the CGI 2024 Annual Meeting, recognizes excellence in climate reporting NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Susanne Rust of the Los Angeles Times received the inaugural Aviram...
Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”
Islands Business
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June 30, 2025
Koror, Palau-It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational...
TNC partners with MICS to protect resilient reefs in Majuro
Island Times
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June 17, 2025
The Nature Conservancy (TNC), which has worked in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) for over a decade, is collaborating with the Marshall Islands Conservation Society (MICS) to help protect coral reefs that are more resilient to climate...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week
Marianas Variety
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Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center in Majuro on Monday. Photo by Giff Johnson MAJURO — The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials...
What these Tahitian women want you to know about France's nuclear testing
Hawaii Public Radio
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June 16, 2025
Although France conducted nearly 200 nuclear tests in the South Pacific during the 20th century, few Tahitians have received compensation to this day. That's unlike the Marshall Islands, which has a treaty with the United States that allows...
Breadfruit the Pacific's most climate-resilient crop
Matangi Tonga Online
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September 16, 2024
By Tupou Vaipulu Jr Breadfruit is the Pacific’s most climate-resilient crop due its ability to survive and withstand natural disasters, said Kyle Stice, Executive Director of the Pacific Island Farmers Organization, at the opening of the...
‘Reimaanlok’ puts Indigenous voices at the heart of ocean conservation
China Dialogue
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June 13, 2025
The Republic of the Marshall Islands was once used by the United States as a convenient place to explode nuclear bombs, with little regard for local interests. But these days, the expectations of the islands’ Indigenous residents is the standard...
Niue champions community of practise to strengthen Pacific countries’ access to climate finance
Pacific News Service
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Niue is taking the lead to build a community of practice for National Designated Authorities (NDAs) from Pacific countries to share, learn from each other and build confidence to strengthen engagement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and...
Island Leaders at UNGA79 Resolve to Spur Global Support for Sustainable Development
Nevis Pages
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September 25, 2024
Heads of State and high-level officials united at the AOSIS Leaders Meeting to strengthen the course for the delivery of the ‘ABAS’, enhance finance, and address sea level rise. New York City On the margins of the High-Level General Debate of the...
Kerry, Indigenous leaders mark Climate Week by urging protection of the Pacific Remote Islands
Saipan Tribune
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NEW YORK, NY—During a Climate Week event hosted by Patagonia on Monday evening, Indigenous elders, young ocean leaders, Pacific Island educators, and ocean-climate policy experts called on the Biden Administration to act on the President’s...
Alarmists: Florida Everglades ‘at Risk of Vanishing’ from Climate Change
Breitbart
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September 8, 2024
A new climate doomsday report warns New Orleans and Miami may not exist by 2050 because of rising sea levels caused by global warming. The apocalyptic report by Lakeisha Ethans for The Travel, lays out “7 places in America that might not exist...
Fear and speculation mount after another tanker is hit by unexplained blast
Lloyd's List
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INSIDE the flooded engine room of Vilamoura (IMO: 9529293), crew members have documented several shrapnel holes left in the deck after an explosion ripped through the tanker on Friday. The blast left the suezmax, operated by George Economou’s TMS...
Pacific Political Climate Champions amplify call for urgent action
Pacific News Service
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The Pacific’s collective voice, calling on world leaders to urgently implement the Paris Agreement, will have new-found mana at the UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, with the announcement of five Political Climate Change Champions. The champions, who will...
Taiwan helps climate, UN bid
Marshall Islands Journal
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August 29, 2024
Taiwan Ambassador Steve C.C. Hsia donated $200,000 from the “Taiwan-RMI Adaptation and Contingency Fund for Climate Change” to the Marshall Islands government. The donation was formally received by Minister-in-Assistance to the President and...
Welcoming Remarks by the Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Lands Hon. Toeolesulusulu Cedric Pose Salesa Schuster at the PACIFIC PREPARATORY MEETING OF THE 16TH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (CBD…
Government of Samoa
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September 9, 2024
9 – 14 September 2024, at 9am, Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) at SPREP Director General of SPREP, Permanent Secretary, Directors and CEOs, Senior Government Officials, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Talofa lava and warm...