Tag: Fossil Fuels
Pacific Islands Forum: Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific...
ANALYSIS: By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific
On the second day of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Palau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...
A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C...
ANALYSIS: By Jacqueline Peel and Wesley Morgan
For more than a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
That’s no longer...
US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...
By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau
The United States is set to announce a fuel security deal worth US$60 million for the...
‘Menace to the world’: With Iran talks stalled, Trump vows to...
By Jessica Corbett of Common Dreams
In yet another remark that triggered alarm around the world, President Donald Trump has said that he planned to...
The key Hormuz question that everybody is avoiding
Special Correspondent
When you hear "Iran" and "Strait of Hormuz" in the same sentence, what comes to mind?
Tensions? Threats? Chaos? ...That’s exactly what the MSM...
Australia, world leader in arresting climate protesters, drops 130 charges
By Michael West
NSW Police have dropped charges against the remaining climate protesters from Rising Tide’s 2024 People’s Blockade of Newcastle Harbour -- the site...
Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...
COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges
The humiliating defeat of Israel and the United States in their war on Iran, along with the savagery of the ongoing...
‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...
By Kate Newton, RNZ News climate change correspondent
The political activist suing major New Zealand emitters over climate change damage says a law change blocking...
‘Never have I felt so dependent on … feelings of one...
RNZ News
New Zealand's Finance Minister says she has "never felt so dependent on the actions and feelings of one administration and its leaders", as...
Marshall Islands govt slashes income tax as living costs skyrocket
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent
The Marshall Islands Parliament this week endorsed legislation reducing income taxes for all working people in...
Thousands urge NZ prime minister Luxon to condemn illegal US-Israeli war...
Greenpeace Aotearoa
Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stand up and condemn the illegal attacks on Iran...
Pacific governments warn against panic buying as war on Iran threatens...
RNZ Pacific
Pacific Island governments are urging their citizens not to panic about the supply of fuels amid the conflict in the Middle East between...
US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes and Rubayat Chowdhury
There is no doubt that the war Israel and the United States have launched against Iran will have...
‘A global energy crisis’ – Fuel price hike looms for Pacific...
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
Analysts are warning fuel prices are expected to jump in the Pacific following the Israeli and US attacks on...
Bryce Edwards: NZ’s craven stance on the US invasion of Venezuela
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards
When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, New Zealand responded with unusual speed. Sanctions followed. Condemnations were issued. The language was unambiguous.
We...
Papua New Guinea fully retires debt for Liquefied Natural Gas project
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
Papua New Guinea's largest resource development has reached a milestone more than a decade in the...
Six reasons why Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnap of Maduro...
Asia Pacific Report
Amid widespread condemnation of the United States over its brazen weekend attack on Venezuela around the world and in the UN Security...
COP30 ends with ‘extremely weak’ outcomes, says Pacific campaigner
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
The United Nations climate conference in Brazil this month finished with an "extremely weak" outcome, according to one Pacific...
‘Cutting off communications’ – did Trump really just turn his back...
ANALYSIS: By Robert Inlakesh
Israel is in a weak position and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremism knows no bounds. The only other way around an...
Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
The leader of the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has reacted to the election of the new pope.
Pope...
Pacific climate activists join 180+ groups calling on COP30 hosts Brazil...
RNZ Pacific
Pacific climate activists this week handed a letter from civil society to this year's United Nations climate conference hosts, Brazil, emphasising their demands...
Palau’s president invites Trump to visit Pacific to see climate crisis...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr is inviting US President-elect Donald Trump to "visit the Pacific" to see firsthand...


































