‘We Can’t Just Talk About It Anymore’: Hawaii’s Legislature Will Take On Climate Change … The Environmental Legislative Caucus plans to announce a package of climate change measures the first week of the 2022 session.
Hawaii became the first state to declare a climate emergency last year. This year, the state Legislature will be called on to come up with concrete initiatives to tackle the problem.
The Environmental Legislative Caucus, a group formed in 2020 to encourage legislative action on environmental issues, plans to introduce a package of measures including visitor green fees, habitat conservation, carbon pricing, health initiatives and more.
Opinion is divided among state officials, experts and advocates on what Hawaii’s top priority should be in addressing the complicated and intensifying climate crisis.
