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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher R. Knittel, Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT Sloan School of Management Fuel economy standards are an important way for the U.S. to combat climate change. However, a 2018 study conducted by the Trump administration proposes ... <a title="The math on why the Trump administration’s fuel standards report is seriously flawed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/the-math-on-why-the-trump-administrations-fuel-standards-report-is-seriously-flawed-108795/" aria-label="Read more about The math on why the Trump administration’s fuel standards report is seriously flawed">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ridho Al Izzati, Junior Researcher, SMERU Research Institute On November 5 2018, Indonesia’s incumbent presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo released a statement claiming that the rate of poverty in rural Indonesia has declined at twice the poverty rates of cities. But is it true? Jokowi’s response The ... <a title="Fact Check: Has the rate of rural poverty in Indonesia declined twice as much as in the cities?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/fact-check-has-the-rate-of-rural-poverty-in-indonesia-declined-twice-as-much-as-in-the-cities-107110/" aria-label="Read more about Fact Check: Has the rate of rural poverty in Indonesia declined twice as much as in the cities?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ingrid Piller, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Macquarie University A growing number of people in Australia cannot speak English well or at all, over a million people. – Senator Pauline Hanson, Senate speech, September 19, 2018 One Nation Party leader and Senator for Queensland Pauline Hanson is urging ... <a title="FactCheck: do ‘over a million’ people in Australia not speak English ‘well or at all’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-do-over-a-million-people-in-australia-not-speak-english-well-or-at-all-101461/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: do ‘over a million’ people in Australia not speak English ‘well or at all’?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Langlois, Research Fellow in marine ecosystems, The University of Western Australia The Western Australian government recently announced the controversial closure of commercial and recreation fishing to prevent a collapse in the populations of under-threat species, such as popular dhufish and pink snapper. Fishing for these demersal ... <a title="Plummeting fish numbers triggered controversial fishing bans in WA. But no-take zones could benefit fishers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/plummeting-fish-numbers-triggered-controversial-fishing-bans-in-wa-but-no-take-zones-could-benefit-fishers-275797/" aria-label="Read more about Plummeting fish numbers triggered controversial fishing bans in WA. But no-take zones could benefit fishers">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Owen Atkin, Director of the ANU Agrifood Innovation Institute, Australian National University During Australia’s unprecedented heatwave in late January, air temperatures reached 50°C in inland South Australia. Days of sustained heat and hot nights did real damage. A flying fox colony was all but wiped out in ... <a title="Intense heatwaves directly threaten crops and native species. Here’s what we can do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/intense-heatwaves-directly-threaten-crops-and-native-species-heres-what-we-can-do-275208/" aria-label="Read more about Intense heatwaves directly threaten crops and native species. Here’s what we can do">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau New Zealand’s summer has been defined by repeated bursts of intense rain, as subtropical systems have swept down over the upper North Island and beyond. Floods, slips and storm damage – most recently in ... <a title="What northern NZ’s wet and sticky summer reveals about our warming atmosphere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/what-northern-nzs-wet-and-sticky-summer-reveals-about-our-warming-atmosphere-276157/" aria-label="Read more about What northern NZ’s wet and sticky summer reveals about our warming atmosphere">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenna Imad Harb, Research Fellow, Australian National University When Bad Bunny and his dancers scaled power poles during his Super Bowl performance, he wasn’t just entertaining millions. He was spotlighting how Puerto Rico’s chronic power outages are a legacy of its colonisation. Puerto Rico is far from ... <a title="How Bad Bunny’s power pole dance spotlighted the colonial legacy of energy poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/how-bad-bunnys-power-pole-dance-spotlighted-the-colonial-legacy-of-energy-poverty-275794/" aria-label="Read more about How Bad Bunny’s power pole dance spotlighted the colonial legacy of energy poverty">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James J Bell, Professor of Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Public concern over the total failure of the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant on Wellington’s south coast has been growing, despite this week’s announcement of an independent review. When the plant failed ... <a title="Beyond the beaches, Wellington’s catastrophic sewage spill could be bad news for coastal ecosystems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/beyond-the-beaches-wellingtons-catastrophic-sewage-spill-could-be-bad-news-for-coastal-ecosystems-276013/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond the beaches, Wellington’s catastrophic sewage spill could be bad news for coastal ecosystems">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fethi Mansouri, Deakin Distinguished Professor/UNESCO Chair-holder; Founding Director, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Racism is a “widespread” and “systemic” problem in Australian universities, a major new report has found. According to the Australian Human Rights Commission, about 80% of surveyed Indigenous, Chinese, African, ... <a title="‘Not met their duty of care’: new report finds racism is widespread at Australian unis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/not-met-their-duty-of-care-new-report-finds-racism-is-widespread-at-australian-unis-276170/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not met their duty of care’: new report finds racism is widespread at Australian unis">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luisa Sotomayor, Associate professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto Crises seem to be everywhere. We live through a moment of generalized crisis — called poly– or perma-crisis by some. In this context, the nation-state often appears as the default institution and ideological framework for ... <a title="From Minneapolis to Toronto and Bogotá, cities showcase new ways to address crises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/from-minneapolis-to-toronto-and-bogota-cities-showcase-new-ways-to-address-crises-275262/" aria-label="Read more about From Minneapolis to Toronto and Bogotá, cities showcase new ways to address crises">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilayaraja Subramanian, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Canterbury American artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic this month attracted applause – and a surge in users – for clever advertisements poking fun at its competition. In the commercials, an AI assistant awkwardly breaks away mid-conversation to push products such ... <a title="Ads are coming to AI. Does that really have to be such a bad thing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/ads-are-coming-to-ai-does-that-really-have-to-be-such-a-bad-thing-274955/" aria-label="Read more about Ads are coming to AI. Does that really have to be such a bad thing?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Director, Indigenous Business Hub, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland Blak women make up a growing part of the Australian workforce, with 57% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 15 to 64 employed in 2022-23 (the latest figures we have). That’s a ... <a title="‘I feel I’m making a difference’: how Blak women are working to build safer workplaces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/i-feel-im-making-a-difference-how-blak-women-are-working-to-build-safer-workplaces-268283/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I feel I’m making a difference’: how Blak women are working to build safer workplaces">Read more</a>
