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County Weighs Moratorium On New Backyard Pools In West Maui 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.

Can This Tree Still Save Us? In Some Places It’s Barely Hanging On (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.

Wisconsin Youth Sue Utility Regulator Over Failure To Weigh Climate Change 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.

Cruise Ship Industry Sues To Scuttle Hawaiʻi’s New Visitor Green Fee 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.

For Environmental Scientists, Climate Change Means Coping With Death (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.

Report: Hawaiʻi’s False Killer Whales Trending Toward Extinction 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.

Beat The Heat: Civil Beat Summer Heat Survey David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Beat The Heat: Civil Beat Summer Heat Survey

Help us learn how Hawaiʻi residents deal with increasing temperatures.

Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths And Health Problems To Maui Wildfire 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.

Student Scientists Are Tracking Heat Risk For Their Peers (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.

The First Ke Iki Beach Turtle Hatchlings In Four Years Head For The Waves 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.