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Video Q&A: How Monk Seals On A Honolulu Beach Are Being Protected Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Video Q&A: How Monk Seals On A Honolulu Beach Are Being Protected

The head of Hawaii Marine Animal Response answers questions about preventing harm to the seal and her pup on a Waikiki beach.
Committee Proposes Fee, But Balks At Total Ban On Plastic Bags Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Committee Proposes Fee, But Balks At Total Ban On Plastic Bags

Environmentalists who once supported a Honolulu City Council bag bill, now say that the amended version doesn't go far enough.
Critics: Water Bill Could Hurt Customers And The Environment Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Critics: Water Bill Could Hurt Customers And The Environment

The Sierra Club is mounting a last-minute push amid worries the measure will remove private water distribution companies from state regulation.
Luke Evslin: Excessive Tourism Seems To Be A Taboo Topic Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Luke Evslin: Excessive Tourism Seems To Be A Taboo Topic

Just one person — and not who you might expect — seemed willing to address the issue at the World Conservation Congress.
Humans ‘Making Oceans Sick’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Humans ‘Making Oceans Sick’

A new, comprehensive report from the IUCN on the latest scientific reviews of ocean warming shows the "enormous extent" of impacts of climate change on nature and humans.
An All-Star Panel Talks Big Ideas About The Future Of Oceans Cory Lum/Civil Beat

An All-Star Panel Talks Big Ideas About The Future Of Oceans

A distinguished panel at IUCN's World Conservation Congress in Honolulu talked about what's ailing the Earth's oceans and what needs to be done.
Climate Change: ‘If We Save Tuvalu, We Save The World’ Tomoaki Inaba/Flickr

Climate Change: ‘If We Save Tuvalu, We Save The World’

A tiny nine-island nation at the forefront of global warming's effects takes center stage at the World Conservation Congress in Honolulu.
War Of Words Escalates As Monument Decision Nears Courtesy: Expand PNMN

War Of Words Escalates As Monument Decision Nears

Supporters of expanding Papahanaumokuakea unveil an ad countering one by opponents of the proposal for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
No More Swimming With Dolphins? Flickr: Caroline Gagné

No More Swimming With Dolphins?

UPDATED NOAA proposes a new rule to ban swimming or even getting too close in a boat to spinner dolphins in certain Hawaiian waters.

IUCN Passes OK For Lawmakers Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

IUCN Passes OK For Lawmakers

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission says complimentary passes to the International Union for Conservation of Nature event are fine for state employees.