UH schools on the Big Island and Maui are training students to convert cesspools to cleaner alternatives.
Environment
Posted inDevelopment
Turtle Bay’s Tiniest Residents Could Thwart Luxury Resort Plans
Litigation could see new environmental conditions for construction and cultural interests on land parcels at Turtle Bay.
Posted inEnvironment
Rural Hawaiʻi Island Candidates Want More Say — And Resources
Candidates from South Kona, Kaʻū and Puna share their responses to questions about water, agriculture, waste and other environmental challenges in their districts.
Posted inFisheries
Decade Of Big Island’s ‘Try Wait’ Moratorium Spurs Plenty Fish — And Poaching
Ten years of no fishing has led to a huge recovery on a stretch of the Kona Coast. Now comes the hard part: Protecting those gains.
Posted inClimate Change
Colonial-Era Coconut Farms Pose Risks To The Survival Of Pacific Atolls
The copra industry keeps remote economies afloat while also threatening to undermine the land it depends on.
Posted inEnvironment
Hawaiʻi’s Imperiled False Killer Whales Are Going Hungry
The endangered whales’ numbers are still trending in the wrong direction. Researchers just found a new piece of the puzzle as to why.
Posted inClimate Change
Scientists Fear El Niño May Be Big, Bad And Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires
The U.S. East and Gulf coasts may get a break, but Hawai‘i and other islands are more in danger, climate scientists say.
Posted inEnvironment
Trump Reopens Protected Hawaiian Waters To Commercial Fishing
Dealing a blow to environmentalists, Papahānaumokuākea and two other Pacific marine monuments will be partially reopened by presidential proclamation.
Posted inHawaiʻi Grown
Ranching Could Soon Come To An End On Moloka‘i. Paniolo Blame TB Testing
Quarantine rules to prevent bovine tuberculosis are crippling the industry — and a way of life — on rural Hawai‘i island.