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Community Control Of Kauaʻi Fishery Is Showing ‘Remarkable’ Results Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Community Control Of Kauaʻi Fishery Is Showing ‘Remarkable’ Results

Ten years in, Native Hawaiian fishermen, North Shore nonprofit leaders and scientists are encouraged by what they see in the state’s first Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area.

Want To Plant A Community Garden in Honolulu? Get Ready To Wait A Decade Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2026

Want To Plant A Community Garden in Honolulu? Get Ready To Wait A Decade

Waitlists are growing for Oʻahu’s community garden program as residents seek green spaces for food, fun and friends.

Public Begins To Weigh In On Offshore LNG Proposal David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Public Begins To Weigh In On Offshore LNG Proposal

The public comment period is the first step in the pre-review of JERA Co.’s proposal, pitched as a fossil-fuel bridge to a future of all-renewable resources.

Turtle Bay Resort Plans Paused After Judge Ruling Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Turtle Bay Resort Plans Paused After Judge Ruling

The presence of recently listed endangered species means a new environmental review is required under state law.

Up To 5 Billion Gallons Of Water Wasted By The Navy Since Red Hill Crisis

Up To 5 Billion Gallons Of Water Wasted By The Navy Since Red Hill Crisis

The Navy passed on an opportunity to divert filtered water from Red Hill to a useful purpose. 

Takeout Boxes Are Filling Landfills. This Town Has A Plan To Phase Them Out Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Takeout Boxes Are Filling Landfills. This Town Has A Plan To Phase Them Out

As Hawaiʻi island prepares to enact a ban on single-use plastic serviceware, a coalition in Hilo is rolling out the nation’s first comprehensive city-wide reuse program with over $3 million in seed funding.

Palm-Killing Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle’s Discovery In Hilo Stokes Fear Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Palm-Killing Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle’s Discovery In Hilo Stokes Fear

The Hilo community has been crying out for better protections from the state Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity.

The Plan To Make Climate Science Harder To Erase Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023/NOAA Permit No. 19655

The Plan To Make Climate Science Harder To Erase

As climate information disappears from federal websites, scientists are rebuilding it elsewhere.

Influential Energy Researcher Quietly Backed By Big Money Climate Group File Photo

Influential Energy Researcher Quietly Backed By Big Money Climate Group

Governor criticizes energy expert as biased, others defend him as sound and scrupulous.

Maui Is Pushing The State To Double Down On Palm-Killing Beetles (Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2026)

Maui Is Pushing The State To Double Down On Palm-Killing Beetles

Community members around Hawaiʻi say the only way to get the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to do its job is by forcing its hand.