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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.

Republicans Try To Weaken Law Protecting Whales, Seals And Polar Bears AP Photo/Denis Poroy/2024

Republicans Try To Weaken Law Protecting Whales, Seals And Polar Bears

A bill in the works has support from Maine fishermen and lobbyists for big-money species such as tuna in Hawaiʻi and crab in Alaska, among others.

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.

Maui Plans To Redraw Its Coastal Development Lines Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Plans To Redraw Its Coastal Development Lines

The county is seeking a consultant to review its Special Management Area boundaries.

A New Plan Is Brewing In The Fight To Save O‘ahu’s North Shore Beaches David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

A New Plan Is Brewing In The Fight To Save O‘ahu’s North Shore Beaches

University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant teams up with North Shore Community Land Trust to find solutions for the island’s disappearing beaches.

Hawaiʻi Will Soon Be Home To The World’s Biggest Land-Based Seaweed Farm

Hawaiʻi Will Soon Be Home To The World’s Biggest Land-Based Seaweed Farm

Ag tech company Symbrosia is scaling up production of its feed supplements for more environmentally friendly livestock production.

‘Historic’ Rules Approved To Protect Moloka‘i From Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025

‘Historic’ Rules Approved To Protect Moloka‘i From Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle

The Hawaiʻi Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity voted to temporarily block the transportation of certain green materials to the island.

Invasive Beetles Are Overrunning Oʻahu. Could New Methods Offer Relief? (Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025)

Invasive Beetles Are Overrunning Oʻahu. Could New Methods Offer Relief?

The agriculture department has been focusing on coconut rhinoceros beetles on other Hawaiian islands, leaving Oʻahu largely to fend for itself.