Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024
County Weighs Moratorium On New Backyard Pools In West Maui
Citing a consequential drought and a longstanding housing crisis, some county officials are backing a short-term moratorium on private swimming pools in West Maui.
(Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2025)
Can This Tree Still Save Us? In Some Places It’s Barely Hanging On
ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.
AP Photo/Andy Manis/2025
Wisconsin Youth Sue Utility Regulator Over Failure To Weigh Climate Change
The nonprofit representing the Wisconsin plaintiffs helped secure a landmark settlement in Hawaiʻi with the case Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation.
Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022
Cruise Ship Industry Sues To Scuttle Hawaiʻi’s New Visitor Green Fee
Ship passengers will soon to start paying the same visitor tax as hotel guests to help cover the conservation fee — unless the cruise lines can stop it in court.
(Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025)
For Environmental Scientists, Climate Change Means Coping With Death
The burden of grief related to extinction and invasive species in Hawaiʻi is a heavy one for conservation professionals. Some are learning how to handle it.
courtesy of Robin W. Baird/Cascadia Research
Report: Hawaiʻi’s False Killer Whales Trending Toward Extinction
A new report finds that efforts to protect the dolphins are not working. Experts blame both fishing vessels and NOAA.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Beat The Heat: Civil Beat Summer Heat Survey
Help us learn how Hawaiʻi residents deal with increasing temperatures.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023
Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths And Health Problems To Maui Wildfire
Researchers found that the Maui wildfires left 1 in 5 people with lung damage and half with symptoms of depression. Suicide and overdose death rates also nearly doubled.
(Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025)
Student Scientists Are Tracking Heat Risk For Their Peers
Students are helping with summer research to measure temperatures at Hawaiʻi’s K-12 schools and set guidelines to prevent heat-related illness.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat
The First Ke Iki Beach Turtle Hatchlings In Four Years Head For The Waves
The first of seven turtle nests on the North Shore beach have emerged after volunteers raised alarms about disturbance from beachgoers and houses nearby.