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More Homeowners Are Needed To Join The Push To Restore Honolulu’s Urban Watersheds Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

More Homeowners Are Needed To Join The Push To Restore Honolulu’s Urban Watersheds

A three-year project in East Oahu funded by NOAA is off to a “remarkable” start, administrator says.

Maui Is Mapping Its Wetlands To Protect Environmentally Sensitive Areas Courtesy of Save The Wetlands Hui

Maui Is Mapping Its Wetlands To Protect Environmentally Sensitive Areas

Some homeowners are concerned about unintended consequences, red tape and the effect on property values.

Plans For A BWS Desalination Plant In Kalaeloa Get A $19 Million Boost Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Plans For A BWS Desalination Plant In Kalaeloa Get A $19 Million Boost

Hirono called the effort to create a new drinking water source important to help protect Hawaii against climate change.

New Coral Disease Forecast Tool Shows High Risks Of Summer Outbreaks In Hawaii Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

New Coral Disease Forecast Tool Shows High Risks Of Summer Outbreaks In Hawaii

The online system can give marine managers across the Pacific better data to act on as climate change intensifies the problem.

North Shore Homeowners Face Fines Of Nearly $1 Million For Fighting Erosion Illegally David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

North Shore Homeowners Face Fines Of Nearly $1 Million For Fighting Erosion Illegally

As the shoreline shrinks, some residents do everything they can to protect their homes — even breaking the law.

Cattle Are A Major Source Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Hawaii Seaweed Could Change That Courtesy: Symbrosia

Cattle Are A Major Source Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Hawaii Seaweed Could Change That

Local businesses are getting big funding boosts to help make farmed algae part of the solution in addressing the amount of methane cattle produce.

How Data Gaps Could Put US Territories At Greater Risk For Climate Change NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration

How Data Gaps Could Put US Territories At Greater Risk For Climate Change

The Biden administration needs to develop a plan for how to address the data gaps in consultation with the territories, according to a recent report.

Luxury Housing Planned For South Maui Prompts Concerns Over Water, Traffic And Affordability Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

Luxury Housing Planned For South Maui Prompts Concerns Over Water, Traffic And Affordability

The $1.4 billion project envisions 975 high-end homes in and around the Wailea resort community that would cater to seasonal residents.

Native Seeds Could Soon Be Fueling New Growth On Burned Out Acreage Across Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Native Seeds Could Soon Be Fueling New Growth On Burned Out Acreage Across Hawaii

Hawaii’s need for seeds was highlighted by the Aug. 8 fires, when experts said there was not enough native seeds to revegetate the thousands of acres of burn scars.

A Missouri River Court Decision Could Sink Hawaii’s Ala Wai Flood Control Plan Marcel Honore/Civil Beat

A Missouri River Court Decision Could Sink Hawaii’s Ala Wai Flood Control Plan

The Army Corps of Engineers might have to go back to the drawing board to keep the controversial urban Honolulu project feasible.