Climate Change

Wisconsin Youth Sue Utility Regulator Over Failure To Weigh Climate Change AP Photo/Andy Manis/2025

Wisconsin Youth Sue Utility Regulator Over Failure To Weigh Climate Change

The nonprofit representing the Wisconsin plaintiffs helped secure a landmark settlement in Hawaiʻi with the case Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation.

Cruise Ship Industry Sues To Scuttle Hawaiʻi’s New Visitor Green Fee Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022

Cruise Ship Industry Sues To Scuttle Hawaiʻi’s New Visitor Green Fee

Ship passengers will soon to start paying the same visitor tax as hotel guests to help cover the conservation fee — unless the cruise lines can stop it in court.

For Environmental Scientists, Climate Change Means Coping With Death (Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025)

For Environmental Scientists, Climate Change Means Coping With Death

The burden of grief related to extinction and invasive species in Hawaiʻi is a heavy one for conservation professionals. Some are learning how to handle it.

Report: Hawaiʻi’s False Killer Whales Trending Toward Extinction courtesy of Robin W. Baird/Cascadia Research

Report: Hawaiʻi’s False Killer Whales Trending Toward Extinction

A new report finds that efforts to protect the dolphins are not working. Experts blame both fishing vessels and NOAA.

Beat The Heat: Civil Beat Summer Heat Survey David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Beat The Heat: Civil Beat Summer Heat Survey

Help us learn how Hawaiʻi residents deal with increasing temperatures.

Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths And Health Problems To Maui Wildfire David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths And Health Problems To Maui Wildfire

Researchers found that the Maui wildfires left 1 in 5 people with lung damage and half with symptoms of depression. Suicide and overdose death rates also nearly doubled.

Student Scientists Are Tracking Heat Risk For Their Peers (Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025)

Student Scientists Are Tracking Heat Risk For Their Peers

Students are helping with summer research to measure temperatures at Hawaiʻi’s K-12 schools and set guidelines to prevent heat-related illness.

The First Ke Iki Beach Turtle Hatchlings In Four Years Head For The Waves Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

The First Ke Iki Beach Turtle Hatchlings In Four Years Head For The Waves

The first of seven turtle nests on the North Shore beach have emerged after volunteers raised alarms about disturbance from beachgoers and houses nearby.

Honolulu Leads Climate Change Legal Fight Against Fossil Fuel Companies David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Honolulu Leads Climate Change Legal Fight Against Fossil Fuel Companies

The city says the companies knew for decades that their products caused global warming and profited from it. The outcome could indicate how other cases play out.