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2 sie 2024 · Locals have refused to let the Paris 2024 Olympic Games damage their environment – or their way of life – in Teahupo'o, Tahiti.
29 lip 2024 · The Olympics chose Tahiti for its famous waves—but some surfers aren't happy about it. A judging tower would have damaged Tahiti’s coral structures, likely affecting its ecosystem for...
21 lip 2024 · Hosting the surfing event in Tahiti is certainly doing things differently. But it raises yet more questions about the IOC’s claims of leadership in environmental sustainability.
30 lip 2024 · In 1974, a radioactive cloud from a French nuclear test drifted over Teahupo’o, Tahiti, now the surfing venue for the Paris Games. Villagers still feel the effects.
11 gru 2023 · When Tahiti was selected as the surfing site, dignitaries in coastal resorts in mainland France, such as Biarritz, were unimpressed – not least because of the cost and the carbon emissions...
20 lut 2024 · Hundreds are set to descend on Tahiti for Olympic surfing this summer. Environmental and surf communities have banded together to protect Teahupo’o’s culture.
2 cze 2024 · Tahiti’s surfing reef is too far offshore for fans to see the action clearly from the beach, so organizers say they calculated that most would watch on television instead of taking flights, a major source of carbon emissions.
