Analysis of the first six months of 2025 By: L.N. Reklai Palau’s first six months of 2025 show a country in transition, tightening oversight of public power, confronting crime and rising living costs, and investing in health care, science, culture and the next generation. New reporting paints a portrait of a democracy that is argumentative […]
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Microplastics found in all samples collected from Palau: study
The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) is collaborating on a project—funded by Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation—with the Scientific Center of Monaco (CSM) to assess potential environmental risks that derive from plastic pollution. On March 2019, CSM researchers, Dr. Vanessa Bednars and Dr. Eric Béraud, visited Palau and worked with PICRC researchers to […]
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Two PPUC staff attend oil pollution prevention
Two Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) personnel attended an oil pollution prevention outreach and compliance assistance technical training hosted by Environmental Quality Protection Board (EQPB) on September 25. Environmental Protection Specialist from U.S. EPA Region 9. Pete Reich served as a special guest during the training. PPUC’s Safety Officer Paul Tellei and Environmental Safeguard Officer […]
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Olilai Chilton is an intern at Heirs To Our Ocean
People are so used to the convenience that our “one time use” products provide rather than trying to better our ways so we can protect our homes environment. Olilai Chilton, 18, is one of the young Palauans working towards a big change and a better future in Palau. She is working on big projects that […]
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Palau participates in Global Environment Facility ECW workshop
Palau participated in the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Pacific Islands Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) in Nadi, Fiji from July 22 – 25, 2019. For four days, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Palau had the opportunity to learn […]
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Grease found in sewers last year, PPUC suspects downtown restaurants
PPUC suspects restaurants in downtown Koror to have released grease found in sewers last year, however due to lack of evidence it remains to be a suspicion. PPUC Director of Administration Tmetuchl Baules said that the ideal way to dispose of the waste grease would be to pack it up in jars or containers and […]