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Posted on August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

Environmental report exposes 15 major retail companies as top maritime transport polluters

Two non-governmental organizations, Stand.earth and Pacific Environment, released a report quantifying the emissions from cargo ships transporting commercial goods for fifteen retail moguls. The fifteen retail companies reportedly responsible for…

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Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021

Green investment interest in the Pacific increases

Over the 2010s, interest in Environment, Social, and Government (ESG) style investment has skyrocketed, due to concerns over climate change, environmental destruction, and the simple growth of “green” businesses. Long…

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Posted on June 27, 2021July 1, 2021

Study shows Pacific women at high risk for mercury poisoning

A study jointly conducted by IPEN and the Biodiversity Research Institute found elevated levels of mercury in women from small island states and countries ranging across the Pacific Ocean, the…

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Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Indonesian government officials claim palm oil firms’ deforestation permits were falsified

A collaborative investigation by Mongabay and The Gecko Project on the latest plantation development controversy within the Papua province has unearthed allegations of falsified permits. There exists a long history…

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Posted on May 29, 2021May 29, 2021

Military Bases, Colonialism, and Environmental Destruction

By Clay Capra
Environmental Historian and Digital Journalism Intern
Pacific Environment Weekly

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Posted on August 21, 2009August 1, 2019

Government ‘negligent’ in construction and location of Aleipata slipway

“I am overwhelmingly disappointed that the Government has not taken into account the Marine Protected Area (MPA) and the impacts of the Slipway on marine life and the lives who depend on that area.”

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Posted on August 18, 2009August 1, 2019

Samoa advances in climate change adaptation

“Climate change is now everyones problem, it involves health, foreign affairs, agriculture and even finance, we are now giving them ownership of adaptation plans for Samoa,” said Anne Rasmussen, Principle Climate Change for Samoa.

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