Climate Change

Hawaiʻi Scientist Has Bad — And Good — News About Future Of Coral Reefs Rebecca Spindler/Creative Commons

Hawaiʻi Scientist Has Bad — And Good — News About Future Of Coral Reefs

As coral reefs undergo a fourth global mass bleaching event, marine scientists have been studying whether new reefs might form in higher latitudes as the tropics become too warm.

Lifeblood For Pacific Islands Threatened As Warming Ocean Drives Tuna East Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

Lifeblood For Pacific Islands Threatened As Warming Ocean Drives Tuna East

Residents of small Pacific island nations rely on tuna for local jobs and foreign fishing fees, which fund education, healthcare, roads and more. Amid climate change, fishermen have been working harder to catch fewer fish and it’s getting worse.

Community Solar Farms Meant To Save Money Fail To Gain Traction In Hawaiʻi David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

Community Solar Farms Meant To Save Money Fail To Gain Traction In Hawaiʻi

Making solar available to middle- and low-income residents was intended to help meet the state’s 2045 all-renewable energy goal. Now one developer says: “We just want out.”

Hawaiʻi Makes History As First State To Charge Tourists To Save Environment David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Makes History As First State To Charge Tourists To Save Environment

A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new “green fee” that the governor signed into law today.

Beth Fukumoto: How Legislators Kept Control Over ‘Green Fee’ Revenue David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Beth Fukumoto: How Legislators Kept Control Over ‘Green Fee’ Revenue

Gov. Josh Green wanted the money to go into special environmental funds. Instead, lawmakers retain a say in how it’s spent.

Governors Worldwide Lead The Fight Against Climate Change And Deforestation AP Photo/Eraldo Peres/2023

Governors Worldwide Lead The Fight Against Climate Change And Deforestation

In recent years, the real progress has been outside the rooms where the high-level official U.N. negotiations are held.

Conservation Groups Sue To Block Commercial Fishing In Pacific Monument Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat

Conservation Groups Sue To Block Commercial Fishing In Pacific Monument

The fishing has resumed in the deep ocean waters that were designated off-limits over a decade ago.

Maui Looks Elsewhere To Fund Fire Prevention Projects After Trump Cuts Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Looks Elsewhere To Fund Fire Prevention Projects After Trump Cuts

Wildfire is the biggest threat facing Maui, according to the county’s draft Hazard Mitigation Plan but FEMA cuts could require a pivot to other funding sources.

Hawaiʻi Readies Weather Stations Against Trump Assault On Climate Research Jeff DePonte/UH News/2025

Hawaiʻi Readies Weather Stations Against Trump Assault On Climate Research

The federal government will no longer track the nation’s costliest natural disasters. A local solution can fill some of the need here — if its funding holds out.

This Commonly Used Plastic Chemical Caused 350,000 Heart Disease-Related Deaths In 1 Year Jay Directo/AFP via Getty Images via Grist

This Commonly Used Plastic Chemical Caused 350,000 Heart Disease-Related Deaths In 1 Year

People in Asia are exposed to levels up to six times higher than their counterparts in the West.