John Kawamoto

LNG Agreement Is A Billion-Dollar Mistake iStock/alvarez/2024

LNG Agreement Is A Billion-Dollar Mistake

It risks locking Hawaiʻi into higher costs for decades.

Balcony Solar Would Expand Hawaiʻi’s Clean, Renewable Energy Shutterstock

Balcony Solar Would Expand Hawaiʻi’s Clean, Renewable Energy

These systems can produce enough electricity to power everyday household devices.

Public Needs To Know More About State’s Massive Stadium Project Aloha Halawa District Partners

Public Needs To Know More About State’s Massive Stadium Project

The proposed stadium itself is shrinking in size, but plans for surrounding development are shrouded in secrecy.

Public Left In The Dark On Aloha Stadium Spending Allan Kew/Civl Beat/2023

Public Left In The Dark On Aloha Stadium Spending

The stakes are high, as the project includes commercial space and housing with a potential total cost of $2 billion.

What Lawmakers Did — And Failed To Do — For Hawaiʻi’s Environment Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

What Lawmakers Did — And Failed To Do — For Hawaiʻi’s Environment

The 2025 session showed some movement on conservation, limited attention to adaptation, and inadequate action on climate crisis mitigation.

Here’s Another Tool To Address Hawaii’s Cost-Of-Living Crisis Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Here’s Another Tool To Address Hawaii’s Cost-Of-Living Crisis

Carbon cashback legislation is an energy and climate policy but would also provide real financial relief to vulnerable families.

Bill 46 Could Shift Honolulu’s Market To Affordable Housing Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Bill 46 Could Shift Honolulu’s Market To Affordable Housing

Overall, Hawaii’s housing market is geared toward producing luxury housing.

Hawaii Legislature Ails From A Deficiency Of Democracy Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2013

Hawaii Legislature Ails From A Deficiency Of Democracy

It’s a systemic problem that has made legislators largely unresponsive to community needs.

Let’s Face It: There Is No Need To Rebuild Aloha Stadium David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Let’s Face It: There Is No Need To Rebuild Aloha Stadium

The site is state land and should be repurposed for lots of affordable housing.