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Hawaii’s Cesspool Crisis Has A Long History. It’s Not Over Yet (Screenshot/newspapers.com)

Hawaii’s Cesspool Crisis Has A Long History. It’s Not Over Yet

Concerns about the proliferation of cesspools and their impact on nearshore waters and our drinking water supply date back more than a century.

Puna Geothermal Plant Runs Into Problems  Ramping Up Production Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Puna Geothermal Plant Runs Into Problems Ramping Up Production

The utility that buys power from the plant has asked regulators for a temporary pause in proceedings.

Why Is It So Hard To Fix Hawaii’s Bottle Deposit Program? Alex Eichenstein/CivilBeat/2023

Why Is It So Hard To Fix Hawaii’s Bottle Deposit Program?

The state has taken steps toward improvement but needs more time to implement recommendations, audit finds.

Plan B: State Turns To Pigs To Devour Oahu’s Invasive Beetle Problem Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Plan B: State Turns To Pigs To Devour Oahu’s Invasive Beetle Problem

How much the program will cost and how it will roll out remains uncertain.

US Interior Secretary Pledges To Help Hawaii’s Imperiled Forest Birds Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

US Interior Secretary Pledges To Help Hawaii’s Imperiled Forest Birds

UPDATED: A new Hawaii "keystone" plan aims to help the islands' remaining forest bird species stave off extinction from avian malaria.

Who Is Killing Hawaii’s Endangered Monk Seals? Courtesy: Todd Yamashita/2021

Who Is Killing Hawaii’s Endangered Monk Seals?

People have killed at least 16 seals since 2009. Only one case been prosecuted.

Nuclear Descendants In Hawaii Are Incensed By Blown Bikini Atoll Reparation Funds Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Nuclear Descendants In Hawaii Are Incensed By Blown Bikini Atoll Reparation Funds

The council spent money on two ships, vehicles, an airplane and a block of land near Hilo.

Longtime Geothermal Critics Refuse to Back Down As Puna Plant Eyes Expansion Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Longtime Geothermal Critics Refuse to Back Down As Puna Plant Eyes Expansion

Ongoing health, safety and cultural concerns have still not been addressed.

Monk Seal Pup Found Dead On Oahu’s North Shore Hawaii Marine Animal Response

Monk Seal Pup Found Dead On Oahu’s North Shore

UPDATED: The discovery comes after officials disclosed another young seal was most likely killed intentionally on the island in March.

NOAA Picks New Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Director Courtesy: NOAA/2023

NOAA Picks New Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Director

Charles Littnan, a longtime marine biologist, will serve as the new science and research director.