Environment

$17 Million In Court Settlements Is Coming To Red Hill Families Navy Closure Task Force - Red Hi

$17 Million In Court Settlements Is Coming To Red Hill Families

The deals amount to roughly $27,000 per plaintiff. Some victims of the water contamination say that doesn’t go far enough.

‘Making Sanitation Sexy’: Hawai‘i Colleges Are Growing Wastewater Workforce Courtesy: Hawaiʻi Community Collge/2026

‘Making Sanitation Sexy’: Hawai‘i Colleges Are Growing Wastewater Workforce

UH schools on the Big Island and Maui are training students to convert cesspools to cleaner alternatives.

Turtle Bay’s Tiniest Residents Could Thwart Luxury Resort Plans Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Turtle Bay’s Tiniest Residents Could Thwart Luxury Resort Plans

Litigation could see new environmental conditions for construction and cultural interests on land parcels at Turtle Bay.

Rural Hawaiʻi Island Candidates Want More Say — And Resources

Rural Hawaiʻi Island Candidates Want More Say — And Resources

Candidates from South Kona, Kaʻū and Puna share their responses to questions about water, agriculture, waste and other environmental challenges in their districts.

Wanted: This Anemone Is ‘One Of The Most Gnarly Aquarium Pests’ Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Wanted: This Anemone Is ‘One Of The Most Gnarly Aquarium Pests’

Left unchecked, Majano could devastate Hawaiʻi reefs. The good news: Efforts to eradicate an invasive anemone appear to be working.

Decade Of Big Island’s ‘Try Wait’ Moratorium Spurs Plenty Fish — And Poaching Courtesy: Kaikea Nakachi

Decade Of Big Island’s ‘Try Wait’ Moratorium Spurs Plenty Fish — And Poaching

Ten years of no fishing has led to a huge recovery on a stretch of the Kona Coast. Now comes the hard part: Protecting those gains.

Colonial-Era Coconut Farms Pose Risks To The Survival Of Pacific Atolls Ryan Green/Civil Beat/2026

Colonial-Era Coconut Farms Pose Risks To The Survival Of Pacific Atolls

The copra industry keeps remote economies afloat while also threatening to undermine the land it depends on.

Hawaiʻi’s Imperiled False Killer Whales Are Going Hungry Cascadia Research

Hawaiʻi’s Imperiled False Killer Whales Are Going Hungry

The endangered whales’ numbers are still trending in the wrong direction. Researchers just found a new piece of the puzzle as to why.

Scientists Fear El Niño May Be Big, Bad And Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Scientists Fear El Niño May Be Big, Bad And Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires

The U.S. East and Gulf coasts may get a break, but Hawai‘i and other islands are more in danger, climate scientists say.

Trump Reopens Protected Hawaiian Waters To Commercial Fishing Christina Jedra/Civil Beat/2023

Trump Reopens Protected Hawaiian Waters To Commercial Fishing

Dealing a blow to environmentalists, Papahānaumokuākea and two other Pacific marine monuments will be partially reopened by presidential proclamation.