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Deep sea mining: What it is and why the Pacific is at the centre of it
Pacific Media Network
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Deep sea mining has grown to become both a contentious and polarising practice in the Pacific. It is viewed as either a pathway to economic prosperity or a source of environmental devastation. Deep sea mining extracts minerals like cobalt, nickel,...
Keep fighting for a nuclear-free Pacific, Helen Clark warns Greenpeace over global storm clouds
Asia Pacific Report
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July 21, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark warned activists and campaigners in a speech on the deck of the Greenpeace environmental flagship Rainbow Warrior III last night to be wary of global “storm clouds” and the renewed...
USP’s cool shift to ocean energy
The Fiji Times
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July 31, 2025
THE University of the South Pacific( USP) has embarked on a pioneering project to integrate ocean-based renewable energy systems into its infrastructure. It is specifically the Seawater Air Conditioning (SWAC) system combined with desalination,...
Challenges persist in TMC’s bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump
Mongabay
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July 24, 2025
After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction. Yet...
Investors Seem Ready To Go All-In on Deep Sea Mining
Oil Price
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August 1, 2025
Back in April, we reported that U.S. President Donald Trump signed a key executive order without much fanfare, aiming to boost the country’s deep-sea mining industry as well as enable the stockpiling of deep-sea metals in a bid to counter China's...
Trump a boon for deep-sea mining: industry boss
TerraDaily
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Trump a boon for deep-sea mining: industry boss By Steven TRASK Rarotonga, Cook Islands (AFP) July 23, 2025 A leading deep-sea mining company in the paradisal Cook Islands is aiming to start commercial production by 2030, spurred on by Donald...
How two ‘elderly aunties’, Robin White and Gaylene Preston, made a film together
The Spinoff
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August 1, 2025
One dame said to another dame, ‘I could make a film about you’. This Sunday a quietly powerful observational documentary, Grace: A Prayer for Peace, is premiering at the NZ International Film Festival. In the film, renowned painter and printmaker...
Minister bolsters cooperation to check illegal goods entry
Antara
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August 1, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Budi Gunawan, has confirmed that the smuggling prevention and eradication desk will strengthen cooperation with relevant agencies to prevent the entry of illegal...
World Court lights match under Australia's fossil fuel export industry
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 25, 2025
A landmark outcome from the world's highest court this week has put major fossil fuel countries like Australia on notice, declaring they could be liable for reparations. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its advisory opinion...
A victory from the Pacific to The Hague: What the ICJ’s...
Pacific News Service
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By Dr Transform Aqorau On 24 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a historic ruling – one that began not in the grand chambers of global power, but in the determined hearts of Pacific youth, activists, and governments who...
Global South Youth Speak Up in Beijing: A Unified Call for Peace
News Central Asia
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July 28, 2025
Elvira Kadyrova, Beijing, China, July 28, 2025 On 28 July 2025, the Dialogue of Youth Leaders for Peace “Consensus for Peace: The Voices of Global South Youth Amid Protracted and Escalating Geopolitical Conflicts”, organized by the Chinese...
Urgent Foreign Office alert for Brits travelling to 17 countries post major earthquake
The Mirror
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July 30, 2025
The Foreign Office has issued an urgent warning for 17 countries, urging travellers to heed local authority advice. A colossal earthquake, registering at a staggering 8.8 magnitude, has rocked Russia's far east, triggering tsunami waves across...
Earthquake Terror In Russia: Wrecked Ports To Stranded Whales— Viral Videos Capture 8.8 Tsunami Wrath; How Far Is The Extent Of Damage?
News24
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July 30, 2025
Russia remains in shock, grappling with the unfolding events since Tuesday’s earthquake struck at 11:24 a.m. local time. The United States Geological Survey reported the quake’s epicentre was 78 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the...
World Council of Churches calls for nuclear-free Pacific, demilitarisation and decolonisation
Pacific News Service
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) has issued a strong call for churches and governments to stand united against nuclear threats, colonial control, and militarisation in the Pacific, as the region prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the...
A Terrorist Tidal Wave of Dirty Tricks Struck Oceania 40 Years Ago
CovertAction Magazine
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July 25, 2025
Four decades ago, in the middle of political turmoil fanned by the U.S., Palau President Haruo Remeliik (far right), leader of the world’s first nuclear-free nation, was assassinated. [Source: earthisland.org] From Tahiti to New Zealand to New...
Fijiana coach speaks of cup hopes
Islands Business
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July 28, 2025
THE World Council of Churches has called for unity in the church community in opposition to nuclear issues. This stand comes on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. A statement from...
How the Cook Islands’ Proximity to China Stunned New Zealand
The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
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By Mridul Jha Since 1997, China has funded various public infrastructure projects on the Cook Islands, which include the Court House, the Ministry of Education, Apii Nikao primary school, and the Rarotonga ring main water system, in addition to...
If it’s safe, dump it in Tokyo. We in the Pacific don’t want Japan’s nuclear wastewater
Pacific News Service
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By Joey Tau and Talei Luscia Mangioni Earlier this month, the Japanese government announced plans to discharge 1m tonnes of radioactive wastewater accruing since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 into the Pacific Ocean. To Pacific...
Vanuatu RSE workers celebrate first-ever Bislama Language Week
RNZ
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July 29, 2025
For the first time, Vanuatu Bislama Language Week is being officially celebrated in New Zealand and for Ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers toiling in the orchards of Pukekohe, they are feeling a sense of pride. The week marks a historic addition to the...
Book explores WWII Marine combat correspondents
Jacksonville Daily News - North Caroline
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A new book set to release in August explores the stories of U.S. Marine Corps combat correspondents during World War II. "Kill – Do Not Release: Censored Marine Corps Stories from World War II" is written by longtime journalist and author Douglass...