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Wespac Stacks Seats With Fishing Industry Players As Marine Protections Erode Christina Jedra/Civil Beat/2023

Wespac Stacks Seats With Fishing Industry Players As Marine Protections Erode

The Hawai‘i Longline Association’s Eric Kingma and Roger Dang will join the fisheries management council next month.

UH Report: Oʻahu Needs More Solar, Not New Power Plants AES Hawaii photo

UH Report: Oʻahu Needs More Solar, Not New Power Plants

UPDATE: Author acknowledges the report contained an error in its solar cost calculations, but stands by the overall findings.

Public Or Private? The Future Of East Maui’s Water Is At Stake Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2022

Public Or Private? The Future Of East Maui’s Water Is At Stake

The East Maui Water Authority says it wants to work with Mahi Pono to preserve and protect the water system as rainfall becomes less predictable. But the farm has its own plan.

Can A $400+ Million Loan Push The Stagnant Coco Palms Project Ahead? Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Can A $400+ Million Loan Push The Stagnant Coco Palms Project Ahead?

The Kaua‘i project could reopen in 2028, after being closed for nearly four decades.

Wanted: This Anemone Is ‘One Of The Most Gnarly Aquarium Pests’ Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Wanted: This Anemone Is ‘One Of The Most Gnarly Aquarium Pests’

Left unchecked, Majano could devastate Hawaiʻi reefs. The good news: Efforts to eradicate an invasive anemone appear to be working.

Colonial-Era Coconut Farms Pose Risks To The Survival Of Pacific Atolls Ryan Green/Civil Beat/2026

Colonial-Era Coconut Farms Pose Risks To The Survival Of Pacific Atolls

The copra industry keeps remote economies afloat while also threatening to undermine the land it depends on.

Hawaiʻi’s Imperiled False Killer Whales Are Going Hungry Cascadia Research

Hawaiʻi’s Imperiled False Killer Whales Are Going Hungry

The endangered whales’ numbers are still trending in the wrong direction. Researchers just found a new piece of the puzzle as to why.

Gov. Green Saves Option To Go Green With Solar Credits In 2026 Courtesy: Blue Planet Foundation

Gov. Green Saves Option To Go Green With Solar Credits In 2026

Executive order preserves the solar energy tax credit for commercial and industrial uses that lawmakers had capped.

Scientists Fear El Niño May Be Big, Bad And Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Scientists Fear El Niño May Be Big, Bad And Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires

The U.S. East and Gulf coasts may get a break, but Hawai‘i and other islands are more in danger, climate scientists say.