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Teens Who Sued Hawai‘i Say State’s Climate Plan For Aviation Doesn’t Fly Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2020

Teens Who Sued Hawai‘i Say State’s Climate Plan For Aviation Doesn’t Fly

Interisland flights are Hawaiʻi’s biggest transportation carbon producer, making up more than half of all emissions related to civilian travel in the state.

Can This West Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Be Saved From Sewage Runoff? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Can This West Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Be Saved From Sewage Runoff?

Cesspools in the Kohala Coast community of Puakō have been leaking into the ocean for years. So residents came up with a plan.

Report: Dietary Changes Are Critical To Avoiding Climate Disaster Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Report: Dietary Changes Are Critical To Avoiding Climate Disaster

Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems. 

Maui Plans To Redraw Its Coastal Development Lines Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Plans To Redraw Its Coastal Development Lines

The county is seeking a consultant to review its Special Management Area boundaries.

A New Plan Is Brewing In The Fight To Save O‘ahu’s North Shore Beaches David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

A New Plan Is Brewing In The Fight To Save O‘ahu’s North Shore Beaches

University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant teams up with North Shore Community Land Trust to find solutions for the island’s disappearing beaches.

‘Come On, Trees!’ Lahaina Nonprofit Plants A Natural Firebreak

‘Come On, Trees!’ Lahaina Nonprofit Plants A Natural Firebreak

Kaiāulu Initiatives, a grassroots nonprofit, aims to revitalize Lahaina’s landscape and prevent future wildfires by planting native plants and trees.

PGA Cancels Tournament At Uniqlo Founder’s Maui Golf Course Over Drought AP Photo/Matt York/2025

PGA Cancels Tournament At Uniqlo Founder’s Maui Golf Course Over Drought

Lack of water in the region has “significantly compromised” the course’s condition.

How Do Hawaiʻi Residents Handle The Heat? Here’s What You Told Us (Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025)

How Do Hawaiʻi Residents Handle The Heat? Here’s What You Told Us

Rising temperatures have Hawaiʻi residents searching for solutions in a state where nearly half of us don’t have A/C.

County Weighs Moratorium On New Backyard Pools In West Maui Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

County Weighs Moratorium On New Backyard Pools In West Maui

Citing a consequential drought and a longstanding housing crisis, some county officials are backing a short-term moratorium on private swimming pools in West Maui.

Can This Tree Still Save Us? In Some Places It’s Barely Hanging On (Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2025)

Can This Tree Still Save Us? In Some Places It’s Barely Hanging On

ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.