Climate Change

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.

Hawaii Lawmakers Had Big Ideas For How To Prevent Another Lahaina. Few Became Law Courtesy: DLNR

Hawaii Lawmakers Had Big Ideas For How To Prevent Another Lahaina. Few Became Law

A House working group found a long list of things Hawaii needs to do to protect itself from fire, but many of those recommendations will fall to the new state fire marshal to implement.

Retired Law Professor Turns Into Full-Time Environmental Activist On The North Shore Stewart Yerton/Civil Beat/2024

Retired Law Professor Turns Into Full-Time Environmental Activist On The North Shore

Denise Antolini has always been an environmentalist, but now she’s tackling the area’s challenges full-time.