Hawaii Is Leading The Clean Energy Transformation
I once heard a presentation about how a European city approached urban planning, and the central tenet of the approach was called the “8-80” design....
Council candidates on immediate climate change
If elected to the Kaua‘i County Council, candidates running for office shared their ideas for how the next two years will be impactful to climate...
Hawaii ‘coal ban bill’ becomes law
The bill prohibits issuing or renewing a power purchase agreement for coal-generated electricity when agreements expire after December 31, 2022, pushing Hawaii to be coal...
28 Years Later, FernGully Could Really Be The Last Rainforest
As wildfires continue to ravage the West Coast, breaking horrifying record after horrifying record — more than 3.2 million acres have been destroyed so far...
Sea level rise could cost Hawaii up to 40% of its beaches by 2050, study shows
As much as 40% of Hawaii's beaches could be lost to sea level rise by 2050, a new study predicts. CBS Honolulu affiliate KGMB reports...
Hawaiian reefs lost almost half their fish to pollution and fishing
A healthy coral reef system is like a well-managed city. Each resident fish has a job in maintaining the reef: some nibble away at seaweed...
How Efforts To Save Hawaii’s Forests Are Preventing A ‘Freshwater Crisis’
When Serene Smalley hikes into the Koolau mountains, her goal is to kill as many plants as possible. Armed with a machete and syringes full...
Hawaii Will Pay Hundreds Of Displaced Workers To Get Job Training
A $10 million grant from the federal CARES Act fund will match up to 650 displaced workers with temporary gigs and career training in conservation,...