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Department of Health cites Kaneohe Yacht Club for discharging pollutants into Kaneohe Bay

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KANEOHE, Hawaii — Kaneohe Yacht Club was ordered to pay a $72,300 penalty for violating its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, according to a Hawaii Department of Health news release.

DOH issued a Notice of Violation and Order for discharging contaminated stormwater into Kaneohe Bay and failing to comply with inspection, stormwater sampling, and reporting requirements.

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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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