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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

US embassy in Vanuatu suffers 'considerable damage' as powerful quake strikes Pacific nation

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Vanuatu was hit by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, seriously damaging the US Embassy. Meanwhile, the island nation is in court over climate. Will the US pay to rebuild the embassy and protect the island its on from disaster, just do one, or skip doing both? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led ... [image or embed]

-- eric goff (@ericwg.bsky.social) December 17, 2024 at 8:32 AM

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I love how the headline assumes no one here knows Vanuatu is an island nation in the Pacific.

#1 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-12-17 07:36 PM | Reply

"Will the US pay to rebuild the embassy and protect the island its on from disaster, just do one, or skip doing both?"

Nonsense like this undermines sincere environmental efforts.

#2 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-12-17 07:40 PM | Reply

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