Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2012
Green Sea Turtles Have Rebounded. Should Hawaiians Be Able To Eat Them?
The honu has recovered from the brink of extinction, prompting some to ask if it’s time to give Native Hawaiians the right to resume traditional harvesting.
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Hawaiʻi Needs More Firebreaks. Maui Is Making It Happen
Collaboration has been critical in making progress on a key component of fire safety in communities across the county.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016
Hawaiʻi Relies On Oil More Than Any Other State
The state is lagging on renewable energy despite its net-zero goal.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Aquarium Fishing Could Return To Hawaiʻi Under Proposed New Rules
The land board and DLNR staff have clashed for years over whether to let the practice continue. That might be changing.
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Hawaiʻi Balked At Natural Gas. Now, It Could Lower Energy Bills
Critics say an agreement between the state and a Japanese energy firm lacks details and could bind Hawaiʻi to using fossil fuel to produce electricity.
Mark Edward Harris/Civil Beat/2014
Trump’s Words Aren’t Stopping China, Brazil And Other Countries From Setting Higher Climate Goals
Progress has still been slow despite the promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Thomas Mangloña II
A Storm Leveled Their School. 7 Years Later, They’re Still Waiting For Help
Saipan’s Hopwood Middle School is a haunting symbol of a super typhoon’s legacy from 2018 and how Pacific cyclones, their threats growing amid climate change, can plague communities years after they pass through.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Teens Who Successfully Sued Hawaiʻi Over Climate Change Lose On Aviation
The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation’s plan for electric airplanes is limited to a high-level study.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2020
Teens Who Sued Hawai‘i Say State’s Climate Plan For Aviation Doesn’t Fly
Interisland flights are Hawaiʻi’s biggest transportation carbon producer, making up more than half of all emissions related to civilian travel in the state.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Can This West Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Be Saved From Sewage Runoff?
Cesspools in the Kohala Coast community of Puakō have been leaking into the ocean for years. So residents came up with a plan.