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Manatt Expands Energy and Environmental Regulatory and Policy Capabilities with Former EPA Regional Administrator
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a multidisciplinary, integrated professional services firm, today announced the arrival of National Advisor Mike Stoker to the Firm’s Energy, Environment and Real...

Hurricane and Wildland Fire Video Teleconferences Highlight Emergency Management Readiness for 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...
International Court of Justice climate ruling a powerful tool for holding countries to account
The International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must phase out fossil fuels, rapidly reduce emissions, provide remedy to those facing climate damages and provide climate finance to developing countries. Oxfam climate change policy...

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.
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology (under Environment & Conservation Division) is investigating the use of banned plastic bottles during the Miss […]

Indigenous Voices Shaping UNESCO Sites
UNESCO launches the flagship publication “Indigenous Knowledge, Ancestral Places: Navigating Change in UNESCO Designated Sites” UNESCO has launched a flagship publication highlighting Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge systems and perspectives within...

Pacific Islands and the Climate Crisis: Challenges, Injustices, and Pathways Forward
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,...

Official Visit of Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong to New Zealand, 9 to 11 October 2025
Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong is on an Official Visit to New Zealand from 9 to 11 October 2025. This is his introductory visit to New Zealand as Prime Minister. On 9 October 2025, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon hosted...
Superlative Sound: U.S. Pacific Fleet Band Shares Culture with Pacific Islands, Continues Proud Tradition
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...

Plastics Dialogue discusses MC14 drafts, highlights development-focused matchmaking event
Discussing MC14 outcome documents China and Australia, both co-coordinators of the DPP (together with Barbados, Ecuador, Fiji and Morrocco), introduced five draft outcome documents proposed for MC14. These include an analytical summary of...

SAMOA TRAINS 30 ECO-GUARDIANS TO LEAD ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN
[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...

Azerion Group N.V. to redeem its outstanding senior secured floating rate bonds
THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014. Press release Amsterdam, October 7, 2025 at 18:30...

CONSERVATION EXPEDITION TO STRENGTHEN TOKELAU’S ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
[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
[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
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
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...

Climate Leadership and Challenges: Five Environmental Developments Shaping the Asia-Pacific
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, October 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As COP29 approaches, the Asia-Pacific region stands at a pivotal moment, with its countries facing both urgent climate vulnerabilities and the potential to lead in global...

Breadnut Flour Market is Expected to Reach USD 115.0 Million by 2035 | FactMR Report
Explore the rising demand for breadnut flour: its nutritional and functional qualities, growth drivers, regional trends, challenges, and outlook through 2035. ROCKVILLE, MD, UNITED STATES, October 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The global...


How can we rapidly scale and fund climate adaptation?
In The News 26 Nov 2024 As people and communities worldwide face increasing climate impacts, recent events serve as reminders of the challenges ahead: severe flooding in Rio Grande do Sul that tragically led to over 100 fatalities, catastrophic...

Tropical Storm Condition I Declared For Rota Tropical Storm Condition II Maintained for Saipan and Tinian
(CNMI Office of the Governor) – As of 11:00 pm, November 12, 2024, Governor Arnold I. Palacios, in consultation with the CNMI Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) and the National Weather Service – Guam (NWS Guam), has declared...