Climate Change

People In Poverty Have The Most At Stake As World Climate Talks Begin AP Photo/Bruna Prado/2025

People In Poverty Have The Most At Stake As World Climate Talks Begin

Data shows that even in developed nations relatively sheltered from climate change, over 80% of poor people are exposed to at least one climate hazard, like drought, air pollution or extreme heat.

Another Destructive Beetle Is Spreading, Killing Hawaiʻi’s Trees Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Another Destructive Beetle Is Spreading, Killing Hawaiʻi’s Trees

Big Island farmers want the state to tackle the Queensland longhorn beetle before it spreads to the rest of the state and wreaks havoc like the coconut rhinoceros beetle.

Green Sea Turtles Have Rebounded. Should Hawaiians Be Able To Eat Them? Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2012

Green Sea Turtles Have Rebounded. Should Hawaiians Be Able To Eat Them?

The honu has recovered from the brink of extinction, prompting some to ask if it’s time to give Native Hawaiians the right to resume traditional harvesting.

Hawaiʻi Needs More Firebreaks. Maui Is Making It Happen Courtesy: Lance Desilva

Hawaiʻi Needs More Firebreaks. Maui Is Making It Happen

Collaboration has been critical in making progress on a key component of fire safety in communities across the county.

Hawaiʻi Relies On Oil More Than Any Other State Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Hawaiʻi Relies On Oil More Than Any Other State

The state is lagging on renewable energy despite its net-zero goal.

Aquarium Fishing Could Return To Hawaiʻi Under Proposed New Rules Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Aquarium Fishing Could Return To Hawaiʻi Under Proposed New Rules

The land board and DLNR staff have clashed for years over whether to let the practice continue. That might be changing.

Hawaiʻi Balked At Natural Gas. Now, It Could Lower Energy Bills File Photo

Hawaiʻi Balked At Natural Gas. Now, It Could Lower Energy Bills

Critics say an agreement between the state and a Japanese energy firm lacks details and could bind Hawaiʻi to using fossil fuel to produce electricity.

A Storm Leveled Their School. 7 Years Later, They’re Still Waiting For Help Thomas Mangloña II

A Storm Leveled Their School. 7 Years Later, They’re Still Waiting For Help

Saipan’s Hopwood Middle School is a haunting symbol of a super typhoon’s legacy from 2018 and how Pacific cyclones, their threats growing amid climate change, can plague communities years after they pass through.

Teens Who Successfully Sued Hawaiʻi Over Climate Change Lose On Aviation David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Teens Who Successfully Sued Hawaiʻi Over Climate Change Lose On Aviation

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation’s plan for electric airplanes is limited to a high-level study.