Plastic treaty talks collapse over production limits and chemical controls

Negotiations on the world’s first global treaty to curb plastic pollution have hit a dead end, with nearly 100 countries rejecting a draft they say fails to tackle production or toxic chemicals. Karen McVeigh and Emma Bryce report for The...

Places Not Bases: A4C Regional Planning Teams are Re-shaping Civil Engineering Capabilities in the Indo-Pacific

Pacific Air Force Civil Engineers have embraced the concept of “Places not Bases” by establishing regional planning teams in various strategic locations throughout the Indo-Pacific. Under the strategic leadership of the PACAF Command Civil...

ICJ ruling puts legal heat on global shipping – Pacific leads…

The recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion has shifted climate justice from a political ambition to a binding legal obligation — raising the stakes for the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the global shipping...

Latter-day Saints plans 9-unit housing next to Yigo temple

The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints’ plans to build a nine-unit housing facility for church patrons next door to their Yigo Guam Temple got the green light from the Guam Hybrid Land Use Commission on Thursday. A new two-story,...

Adelup warns feds are sidelining Guam on seabed mining decisions

The Governor's Office is voicing concerns that the federal government is sidelining Guam's input on deep seabed mining decisions in island waters, mirroring complaints from American Samoa as the Trump administration accelerates critical mineral...

Biomanufacturing: Scale-up vs Scale-out Economics

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Micronesia leaders renew urgent call for ‘fast-acting cuts in short-lived super…

Leaders from the Micronesia region meeting in Majuro in early July called climate change the “most significant threat” to the islands and renewed calls for urgent climate action. At the conclusion of the 27th Micronesian Island Forum meeting,...

4 major trends shaping today’s oncology market

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Micronesia leaders renew call an urgent call for 'fast-acting cuts in short-lived super pollutants'

Micronesian leaders, back row, joined with youth representatives from the Micronesia subregion to discuss youth concerns and issues as part of the bigger Forum agenda. Photo courtesy of the Marshall Islands President's Office. Majuro — Leaders...

How electronic monitoring technology could help solve challenges in the Pacific tuna industry

Electronic monitoring systems could help address key challenges in tuna fisheries in the Federated States of Micronesia relating to environmental standards, overcoming shortages of professional onboard observers, enhancing safety at sea, and...

Guam missile defence construction project launches with Granite-Obayashi JV

A joint venture between US contractor Granite and Japan’s Obayashi has been awarded a US$158 million design-build contract for the first phase of a missile defence infrastructure programme in Guam, an island and US territory in the Micronesia...

Talks on world’s first legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution stall before deadline

Talks on the world’s first legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution have stalled just one day before the negotiations are due to end. Some of the countries calling for an ambitious treaty to include targets to reduce plastic production,...

Deep-sea mining meeting closes without resolving whether mining can start in July

As meetings to oversee deep-sea mining on the high seas draw to a close, it remains unclear whether regulators will allow it to commence in the near future. At the 07-31 March meetings in Kingston, Jamaica, of the International Seabed Authority...

Yap defense projects form US power projection in Micronesia

Yap International Airport/Photo courtesy of YIA The U.S. Department of Defense has released details of its proposed airport and seaport projects on Yap, which would facilitate military deployment and project power posture in the Federated States...

Using a People-Centred Approach for sustainable energy in the Federated States of Micronesia

Yap defence projects form U.S power projection in Micronesia

The U.S Department of Defence has released details of its proposed airport and seaport projects on Yap, which would facilitate military deployment and project power posture in the Federated States of Micronesia. While the defence plan does not...

'We’re building': Former agricultural site now formally rezoned for Mangilao hospital use

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero on Tuesday signed the rezoning documents for Lot 5280-3 in Mangilao, formalizing its designation from agricultural to public facility use, for a new public hospital. “With the rezoning of Lot 5280-3 officially signed, we’re...

Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event

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UOG professor turns island's plastic waste into construction lumber

A University of Guam engineering professor is turning the island’s plastic waste problem into a potential construction solution, creating lumber from recycled materials that preliminary tests show is “four times stronger than concrete.” Ernesto...

Start-up Micronesia 2025 celebrates innovation, collaboration

The Pacific Islands Small Business Development Center Network hosted Start-up Micronesia 2025, which brought together aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators, and business enthusiasts from across the region. From June 18 to 21, participants from Guam,...