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Maui aims to ban all chemical sunscreens; Big Island takes steps to protect Hawaii’s coral reefs

November 21, 2021 0

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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.

October 20, 2025 0

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Teens Who Sued Hawai‘i Say State’s Climate Plan For Aviation Doesn’t Fly Interisland flights are Hawaiʻi’s biggest transportation carbon producer, making up more than half of all emissions related to civilian travel in the state.

October 15, 2025 0

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Council members make numerous amendments to plastic foodware bill

October 9, 2025 0

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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.

August 25, 2025 0

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Protecting Coral Habitat May Prove Vital As Ocean Becomes More Acidic Protections for critical coral habitat could bolster climate resilience for Hawaiʻi’s reefs.

July 18, 2025 0

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Plan For Plastic Recycling Plant Alarms Big Island Officials, Residents A Hawaiʻi County commission calls for a pause in the project until the state establishes rules regulating discharge of micro- and nanoplastics.

June 30, 2025 0

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Fishing Gear Threatens Hawaiiʻs Already Endangered False Killer Whales Researchers say more monitoring and input from local fishers is needed to help the marine mammals. Hawaiʻi is the only place where theyʻre endangered.

December 12, 2024 0

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A ‘Devil’ Seaweed Is Spreading Inside Hawaiʻi’s Most Protected Place An invasive algae has wrecked huge sections of reef in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Scientists are racing to find out what it is, where it came from and whether anything can stop it.

December 11, 2024 0

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Hawaiʻi Pays The Highest Electric Rates In The Nation. We Don’t Have To Let’s make it easier and faster to permit and build clean energy in Hawaiʻi.

May 18, 2026 0

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She Never Got to Say Thank You — Until Nearly 20 Years Later

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AT&T Withdraws Controversial Kaua‘i Cell Tower Plan Community members on the North Shore overwhelmingly opposed a plan to build a cell tower less than 50 feet from one resident’s bedroom window.

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Requiring Judges To Consider Past Trauma Of Youth Offenders Aim Of New Law The proposed law, which awaits the governor’s signature, would also bar youth who have been trafficked or sexually abused from being charged as adults for crimes in which their abuser is the victim.

May 18, 2026 0

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Stricter E-Bike Regulations Planned For Hawai‘i The new bill would mandate helmets for anyone under 18, ban wheelies or stunt riding on public streets, and place other age restrictions on riding.

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Hawaiʻi Residents With Unpaid Medical Bills Could Soon Get Help The Legislature this year passed a bill to cancel unpaid medical debt for lower-income Hawaiʻi residents.

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DOE expanding farm-to-school programs

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Hawaii poses unique challenges in removing unexploded military munitions

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