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Hurricane and Wildland Fire Video Teleconferences Highlight Emergency Management Readiness for 2025
FEMA
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June 18, 2025
This month, FEMA headquarters and regional leadership teams across the nation coordinated with emergency management experts from federal, state, tribal and territorial partners in seven video teleconferences to test connectivity capabilities and...
News Release – DOH Confirms Ninth Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case of 2025
Governor of State of Hawaii
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June 28, 2025
STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO KENNETH FINK DIRECTOR KA LUNA HOʻOKELE DOH REPORTS NINTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025 25-073 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
News Release – DOH Confirms Ninth Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case of 2025
Governor of State of Hawaii
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June 28, 2025
STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO KENNETH FINK DIRECTOR KA LUNA HOʻOKELE DOH REPORTS NINTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025 25-073 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
DOH Reports Ninth Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case of 2025
Hawaii State Department of Health
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June 28, 2025
Posted on Jun 27, 2025 in Newsroom HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of cases reported in Hawai‘i in 2025 to nine (eight on Oʻahu, one on...
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology (under Environment & Conservation Division) is investigating the use of banned plastic bottles during the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant.
Solomon Islands Government
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February 19, 2025
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology (under Environment & Conservation Division) is investigating the use of banned plastic bottles during the Miss […]
SAMOA TRAINS 30 ECO-GUARDIANS TO LEAD ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN
Government of Samoa
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April 25, 2025
[PRESS RELEASE 25 April 2025] – Conservation International (CI) and the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) co-hosted a comprehensive Training of Teachers (TOT) workshop at the Elisa Hotel Conference Room in Sogi from the 22 – 25 April. The...
Energy America Secures Financing and Launches 280MW Utility-Scale Solar Farm in Texas
EIN Presswire
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June 26, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, June 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Energy America (EA), a leading U.S.-based solar technology and manufacturing company, is proud to announce the successful financial close and full development launch of a...
Kuderer elected Secretary/Treasurer for National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Western Zone Committee
Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner
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June 26, 2025
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer was elected to serve as Secretary/Treasurer for the Western Zone Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners earlier this week at their Mid-Year Roundtable in Big Sky, MT....
Pacific Islands and the Climate Crisis: Challenges, Injustices, and Pathways Forward
EIN Presswire
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November 29, 2024
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, November 29, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Pacific Islands, some of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, have once again found themselves overlooked on the global stage. As COP29 concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan,...
Superlative Sound: U.S. Pacific Fleet Band Shares Culture with Pacific Islands, Continues Proud Tradition
U.S. Navy
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January 7, 2025
In 2024, the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band shared its music with 2.5 million people in nine countries and four Hawaiian Islands. Its 600 engagements included concerts for the community, performances for school children, official Navy events and...
CONSERVATION EXPEDITION TO STRENGTHEN TOKELAU’S ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
Government of Samoa
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March 27, 2025
[PRESS CONFERENCE Atafu, Tokelau – 28 March 2025] Conservation International, in partnership with New Zealand Geographic and the Samoa Conservation Society, has embarked on an innovative expedition to Tokelau. This collaborative initiative focuses...
THE PACIFIC CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRE A TESTAMENT TO REGION’S SHARED COMMITMENT TO BUILDING RESILIENCE
Government of Samoa
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March 12, 2025
[PRESS RELEASE -12th March 2025, Apia Samoa – The leading role played by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), through the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC), in climate change action providing direct support to...
Mike Stoker Exposes the Untold Stories of Trump’s Environmental Policy and the Battle to Protect America's Public Health
EIN Presswire
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February 22, 2025
A revealing look behind the bureaucratic curtain in “Inside Trump’s EPA.” COOKSTOWN, NJ, UNITED STATES, February 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Mike Stoker’s “Inside Trump’s EPA” is the first and only insider account of what truly happens within...
Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Keynote Address at the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Symposium 2025, 18 February 2025
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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February 18, 2025
Thank you, Ambassador Koh, for your opening remarks. Excellencies, distinguished guests, 1. Welcome to the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Symposium. I know many of you have travelled long distances to be here, some from as far...
Coral reefs: a crucial resource for coastal communities
UN Environmental Program
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June 12, 2025
Excellencies, colleagues and friends. Coral reefs are beautiful habitats that support an incredible range of biodiversity and livelihoods, from fishing to tourism. But they are so much more than that. Coral reefs in the Pacific are an intrinsic...
Pacific Islands gather in Funafuti for first-ever Plastic Dialogue
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 8, 2024
7 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - With the community of nations deadlocked in international negotiations to conclude a global instrument to end plastic pollution by the end of 2024, a first-of-its-kind Plastic Dialogue was convened today in...
Pacific Islands region waste management challenges under the microscope at Fourth Clean Pacific Roundtable
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 6, 2024
5 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - Officials and delegates at the Fourth Clean Pacific Roundtable (4CPRT) have been urged to develop tailor-made waste disposal and management measures that are of practical use and application to circumstances in...
UNEP at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
UN Environmental Program
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June 13, 2025
Representatives from UNEP will be participating in the following events during the UN Ocean Conference. Time zone: CEST 📅 5 June | 🕒 12:45–13:45 hrs | 📍Room 8, Port Lympia, Nice One Ocean Science Conference 2025: Science to support the BBNJ...
Protecting Sharks and Rays in Pacific Islands waters
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 18, 2024
Main image credit: Luke Gordon A recent assessment using the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species indicated that more than one-third of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are threatened with extinction....
Visit by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman to the Kingdom of Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, 26 to 29 August 2024
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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August 26, 2024
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman will visit Tonga from 26 to 29 August to attend the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting. The PIF is...