A new proposal to keep the electric plant operating is drawing strong opposition from clean-energy advocates.
Pauses in cat sterilization efforts during the pandemic haven’t seemed to significantly affect populations, but it will be a while before the full impacts of 2020 are clear.
Climate change and human negligence are intensifying the threat of wildfires in the islands.
The new data suggests the population of akikiki — a honeycreeper bird found only on Kauai — may be declining faster than previously thought.
The fuel escaped via the bottom of a storage tank. Operators detected the spill when noticing an “inventory discrepancy.”
The measures cover a range of issues focused on ocean conservation, resource management, regulation and enforcement.
Wild rose-ringed parakeets feast on fruit and corn crops, screech noisily and attract rats. Researchers say native birds are at risk.
Government agencies, scientists, property owners and beachgoers have banded together to find a solution to chronic erosion at Maui’s Kahana Bay.
A federal grant will give a successful program four more years to grow.
Civil Beat environmental reporting is funded in part by grants from the Environmental Funders Group of the Hawaii Community Foundation, the Frost Family Foundation, the EACH Foundation and the Kim Coco Fund for Justice of the Iwamoto Family Foundation.
For more information on Civil Beat’s ethical funding guidelines, visit our donor acknowledgment page.
The new data suggests the population of akikiki — a honeycreeper bird found only on Kauai — may be declining faster than previously thought.
The fuel escaped via the bottom of a storage tank. Operators detected the spill when noticing an “inventory discrepancy.”
The measures cover a range of issues focused on ocean conservation, resource management, regulation and enforcement.
Wild rose-ringed parakeets feast on fruit and corn crops, screech noisily and attract rats. Researchers say native birds are at risk.
Government agencies, scientists, property owners and beachgoers have banded together to find a solution to chronic erosion at Maui’s Kahana Bay.
A federal grant will give a successful program four more years to grow.
When the invasive avocado pest was first spotted in Hawaii, farmers were worried. But collaboration provided a path forward, and can help combat other threats.
This comes as the Navy has been working to get approval from the Environmental Protection Agency and Hawaii Department of Health to upgrade the facility’s World War II-era tanks.
NOAA officials said they hope to finally issue a new rule this summer that bars anyone from approaching within 50 yards of the dolphins.
