Climate Change

Ranches Cover A Fifth Of Hawaiʻi. Extreme Drought Is Clouding Their Future Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Ranches Cover A Fifth Of Hawaiʻi. Extreme Drought Is Clouding Their Future

Big Island ranches stand out for their commitment to grass-fed beef. As climate changes, they are offloading more calves to the mainland.

Trump Administration Won’t Publish Major Climate Change Reports on NASA Website Courtesy: Asa Ellison/Hawaii Sea Grant/2017

Trump Administration Won’t Publish Major Climate Change Reports on NASA Website

Critics, including scientists, accuse the administration of trying to bury vital information.

It’s Slow Going In UH Quest To Reach 2035 Renewable Energy Deadline Courtesy: RevoluSun.

It’s Slow Going In UH Quest To Reach 2035 Renewable Energy Deadline

The University of Hawaiʻi will need to get creative with renewable energy for the Mānoa campus, where the challenge is greatest.

Governor: I’ll Be ‘Agnostic’ On How Hawaiʻi Spends Its New Green Fee David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Governor: I’ll Be ‘Agnostic’ On How Hawaiʻi Spends Its New Green Fee

At the latest Civil Cafe, the governor weighed in on where we go from here with the country’s first-ever green fee, devoted to climate change and the environment.

Lawmakers Worry Hawaiʻi’s Emissions Goals Could Leave Some In The Dust Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Lawmakers Worry Hawaiʻi’s Emissions Goals Could Leave Some In The Dust

Converting the islands’ transportation fleet to clean energy could mean cost increases for locals, but advocates say they’d see long-term savings.

Hawaiʻi Governor Urged To Reconsider Possible Veto Of E-Bike Bill Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Hawaiʻi Governor Urged To Reconsider Possible Veto Of E-Bike Bill

Advocates say HB 958 addresses a growing public safety challenge. But the attorney general worries it’s unconstitutional and a threat to electric vehicles.

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.