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Solomons retrieve five bodies swept off ferry as cyclone heads for Vanuatu

April 6, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, Disasters / Accidents, Fiji, General News, Nature / Wildlife, PACIFIC, Pacific (Energy), Pacific Islands, Precipitation, Solomon Islands, STORM, Transportation (TRBC), US, VANUATU, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

(Reuters) – Solomon Islands police said on Sunday they had retrieved five bodies in their search for 27 people who

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Cyclone Harold strengthens on approach to Vanuatu

April 5, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, Disasters / Accidents, Fiji, General News, Nature / Wildlife, PACIFIC, Pacific (Energy), Pacific Islands, Precipitation, Solomon Islands, STORM, US, VANUATU, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

(Reuters) – A tropical cyclone approaching the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has strengthened to category four, the country’s

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Tens of thousands of New Zealand children kick off new climate strikes

September 27, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Education, Environment, Major News, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Pictures, Pollution, STRIKE, United Nations, US

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of students gathered for marches across New Zealand on Friday to kick off a planned

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Inspired by Greta Thunberg, worldwide protest demands climate action

September 21, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Asia / Pacific, Australia, BELGIUM, CHANGE, Children / Youth Issues, China (PRC), Civil Unrest, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Education, Environment, Europe, France, Germany, Japan, KENYA, Labour Disputes, Lebanon, Major News, Middle East, Nature / Wildlife, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Pictures, Poland, Pollution, South Africa, STRIKE, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, US, Western Europe

(Reuters) – Millions of young people flooded the streets of cities around the world on Friday to demand political leaders

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Australian students kick off global climate strike with message for government: Do your job

September 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, CHANGE, China (PRC), CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Environment, Labour Disputes, Major News, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, STRIKE, US, Western Europe

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of school students walked out of their classrooms and onto Australian streets on Friday to kick

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Trash found littering ocean floor in deepest-ever sub dive

May 14, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Environment, General News, Living / Lifestyle, Pacific Islands, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, United States, US, Video, Water

NEW YORK (Reuters) – On the deepest dive ever made by a human inside a submarine, a Texas investor and

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