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May 27, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Six South Pacific journalists have been awarded grants by the Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) to strengthen environmental reporting in the region, reports Internews. The awardees include three Fiji journalists – Mai TV journalist and chief executive Stanley Simpson, who hosts the investigative current affairs programme Simpson@Eight, Sheldon Chanel and Luke Rawalai. ... <a title="EJN awards grants for investigative ‘green’ reporting in Asia-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/27/ejn-awards-grants-for-investigative-green-reporting-in-asia-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about EJN awards grants for investigative ‘green’ reporting in Asia-Pacific">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ian Lowe of Griffith University Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a finite planet is “suicide”. But the film’s bogus claims threaten to overshadow that message. Planet of the Humans is directed and narrated by longtime Moore collaborator Jeff Gibbs. It makes particularly ... <a title="Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/moores-environmental-documentary-storm-the-truth-behind-the-claims/" aria-label="Read more about Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
OPINION: By Murray Horton in Christchurch For as long as the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (Cafca) has existed – more than 45 years now – we have called for the closure of the aluminium smelter, owned by giant transnational corporation, Rio Tinto. There are numerous grounds for doing so, all of which amount ... <a title="Rio Tinto, clean up your own toxic smelter mess (and go away)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/rio-tinto-clean-up-your-own-toxic-smelter-mess-and-go-away/" aria-label="Read more about Rio Tinto, clean up your own toxic smelter mess (and go away)">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2020
By Will Steffen of the Australian National University Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s announcement on Friday that a Labor government in Australia would adopt a target of net-zero emissions by 2050 was a big step in the right direction. But a bit of simple maths reveals the policy is too little, too late. Perhaps the most ... <a title="ALP’s climate policy too little, too late – we must run faster to win the race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/25/labors-climate-policy-too-little-too-late-we-must-run-faster-to-win-the-race/" aria-label="Read more about ALP’s climate policy too little, too late – we must run faster to win the race">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
By RNZ Pacific A Solomon Islands province has agreed to lease a large island to a Chinese developer to develop into a special economic zone, weeks after the country opened diplomatic ties with China. But already cracks abound; there has been no official announcement and the provincial premier says the deal is on ice. Experts say ... <a title="Solomons’ deal with Chinese developer sparks ‘concern’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/solomons-deal-with-chinese-developer-sparks-concern/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons’ deal with Chinese developer sparks ‘concern’">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific For 74-year-old Teaga Esekia, a chief from the Tuvalu island of Vaitupu, the ocean is a lifeblood. “Tuvaluans, they have different types of months, not like January to December,” said the elderly but agile man, who still climbs coconut trees every day. “They have their seasons according to fish ... <a title="Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/ocean-at-breaking-point-pacific-angst-at-latest-climate-report/" aria-label="Read more about Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Thousands of forest fires have been burning across Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra, disrupting air travel, closing schools and sickening thousands of people, reports the New York Times. Officials have said that about 80 per cent of the fires were intentionally set to make room for lucrative cash crops like oil palm. Spokesman ... <a title="Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/toxic-smoke-chokes-region-as-indonesian-rainforests-burn/" aria-label="Read more about Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Two school girls from East Java, Aeshnina Azzahra (alias Nina), 12, and Zahira Zade, 11, have sent hand-written protest letters to US President Donald Trump over the dumping of toxic plastic waste in Indonesia. The letters were sent through the US Consulate-General in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya, reports ... <a title="Indonesian schoolgirls tell Trump ‘take back your toxic rubbish’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/indonesian-schoolgirls-tell-trump-take-back-your-toxic-rubbish/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian schoolgirls tell Trump ‘take back your toxic rubbish’">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2018
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