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Green Sea Turtles Have Rebounded. Should Hawaiians Be Able To Eat Them? 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.

Hawaiʻi Needs More Firebreaks. Maui Is Making It Happen Courtesy: Lance Desilva

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.

Hawaiʻi Relies On Oil More Than Any Other State 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.

Aquarium Fishing Could Return To Hawaiʻi Under Proposed New Rules 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.

Hawaiʻi Balked At Natural Gas. Now, It Could Lower Energy Bills File Photo

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.

A Storm Leveled Their School. 7 Years Later, They’re Still Waiting For Help 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.

Teens Who Successfully Sued Hawaiʻi Over Climate Change Lose On Aviation 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.

Teens Who Sued Hawai‘i Say State’s Climate Plan For Aviation Doesn’t Fly 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.

Can This West Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Be Saved From Sewage Runoff? 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.