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What Are The Long-Term Impacts of Microplastic Pollution in Hawaii?
How Will Climate Change Affect Surfing In Hawaii?
Monday, November 4Recycle or Burn: What’s The Carbon Impact of Honolulu’s Trash?
Where Do All Of Hawaii’s Recyclables Go? No One Knows For Sure
Monday, October 7Is Your Sunscreen Actually Reef-Safe?
Freaking Out About Climate Change? This Might Help
Our New Audio Reporter Brings Her Passion For The Environment To Hawaii
Thursday, September 19
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The amount of microplastics washing up on Hawaiian beaches is expected to double by 2030.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Some iconic surf breaks could be completely eliminated while others will see bigger waves than ever before.
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Oahu’s waste-to-power facility has a hidden carbon cost, but is it better than shipping all our recyclables off-island?
Claire Caulfield/Civil Beat
Hawaii is unlikely to get a recycling facility anytime soon, so your soda cans and water bottles must travel thousands of miles to be recycled.
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Hint: It’s not enough to look for a “reef-friendly” label on sunscreens.
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Civil Beat follows an Ala Moana resident looking for ways to help with climate change in the first episode of “Are We Doomed? And Other Burning Environmental Questions.”
Claire Caulfield will tackle reader questions about the environment for Civil Beat’s newest podcast.
You could be featured in our new podcast: “Are We Doomed? And other burning environmental questions.”
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