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