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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Christina Jedra/Civil Beat/2023
Trump Reopens Protected Hawaiian Waters To Commercial Fishing
Dealing a blow to environmentalists, Papahānaumokuākea and two other Pacific marine monuments will be partially reopened by presidential proclamation.