Peter Yeung

Roving freelance journalist. Special projects, solutions, digital storytelling, data reporting, arts, travel & food. Couteau suisse. [email protected]

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

It was a life highlight to visit the Kajang, an Indigenous tribe from Indonesia for @washingtonpost.

How can we save the world's rainforests? They may have the answer.

https://t.co/dMbTqeKAMd

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

@tombarfield I received this one last week! Obviously AI, for me. But I think my parents could easily be tricked.

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

@Msamalam Greater Paris is actually 7 million

[Liz Cookman @liz_cookman]

Foreign correspondence has a problem.

What has happened at the @washingtonpost is awful, all job loses are terrible, and a shock to the whole industry. But the majority of international reporters have been operating for years without support, respect or pay. 1/5

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

@TouchlineX Pretty strange for them to take a train from Tangiers, Morocco, to the Senegalese capital Dakar. Perhaps you mean Rabat. Do better!

[Unbias the News @unbiasthenews]

New: A community investigation in suburbs of Paris and Barcelona tracked indoor temps and found them soaring above the heat on the street or other parts of the city. Will urban inequality drive health risks from heatwaves?
@ptr_yeung @NatalieDonback
https://t.co/Cro8Q2onh8

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

I've uncovered a questionable use of the EU's €26.7 billion Just Transition Fund to pay sauna festivals, axe throwing centres, and dance marathons - sparking fears that billions of euros are going to waste - or worse.

My report for @ContextNewsroom

https://t.co/iarlwIyON4

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

I've been digging into the extremely fishy decision in December 2024 to classify yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean as no longer overfished. Critics say the EU’s powerful, billion-dollar fishing lobby is behind it.

My story for @DialogueEarth_

https://t.co/IH7aDIJXvZ

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

It’s 37C in Paris. This is the queue to get into a swimming pool. I’ve never seen anything like it. Several police officers have arrived to control the crowd.

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

@tomphillipsin @guardian Why did you release only two episodes? I'm supposed to just wait??

Really great work. So many funny and heart-wrenching details in there. I need to see footage of Dom dancing samba.

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

@ColeStangler @DouthatNYT Show us the receipts @DouthatNYT!!

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

Reporting thanks to support from @journalismfund and @journalismarena.

Expect more reporting on the just transition soon.

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

The EU promised workers billions to go green. They're still waiting.

Less than 3% of the flagship €26.7 billion Just Transition Fund has been spent, despite running for more than four years - and just two left

My scoop for Thomson Reuters Foundation https://t.co/XWlL6bfikf

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

These funds are meant to help shift communities and regions away from fossil fuels, such as retraining coal miners for the energy transition.

Critics warn the delays risks mass unemployment, rushed misspending, and a backlash against green policies à la gilets jaunes

[Tom Phillips @tomphillipsin]

Out tomorrow: the first episodes of our six-part @guardian podcast series about Dom and Bruno and the Amazon. Listen wherever you get your podcasts https://t.co/vnY2aVj7a4

[Fernanda Wenzel @nandawenzel]

The Amazon's second largest tree is in danger, as illegal gold miners are operating just one kilometer from this 85-meter (279-foot) red angelim. My latest on @MongabayOrg with @alexdesanti

https://t.co/XSnyo10ibC

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

I profiled Andrés Torres, the visionary Catalan chef and humanitarian activist, for @NatGeo. He spent years living with Indigenous peoples in Latam, drove to Ukraine as the war broke with 500 bags of groceries and now runs a 98% self-sustainable restaurant
https://t.co/mZecrHt6Z7

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

I wrote about how community seed banks are taking root for @NexusMediaNews, helping farmers in Central American farmers adapt to climate change and protect heirloom seeds
https://t.co/oSFnfek2fj

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

I've been digging into the EU's policy on Islamophobia - what is actually being done to fight it? - for @onlinehyphen. Rights groups, researchers and even the Commission's lead expert told me of almost zero funding, far-right abuse and political inaction.

https://t.co/JNgCRynpei

[Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung]

My report for @AJEnglish from Awra Amba, a utopian and pacifist community in the central highlands of Ethiopia. They won awards for their peacemaking and conflict resolution - but they have been caught in the crossfire of Ethiopia's latest civil war.

https://t.co/syRwvlq1b9