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Hawai’i Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked Highest Among U.S. States

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ja-Rei Wang, jwang@ucsusa.org, 202-331-6943 Nearly Seven in Ten Hawai’i Residents Think Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay For Global Warming Damages, According to New Poll Hawai’i Support for Fossil Fuel Company Climate Change Responsibility Ranked… Read More

Updating the Regional Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia and Hawaiʻi

In 2007, the US Department of Defense announced that 4,000 marines stationed in Okinawa, Japan would be relocated to Guam, a process requiring considerable construction, air and sea traffic, and infrastructure upgrades. In response, the Micronesia Chief Executives… Read More

Puʿukohola Heiau

Local knowledge of climate and winds contributes to building of a Visitor Center at  Puʿukohola Heiau National Historic Site Na makani paio lua o Kawaihae. The two conflicting winds of Kawaihae: the mumuku wind from the uplands, and… Read More

Invasive Species in Hawai‘i

Invasive species removal in the Ko‘olau Mountains, Hawai‘i This November, East-West Center Fellows and Pacific RISA researchers Victoria Keener (third from top right) and Laura Brewington (bottom, right) worked with the Ko‘olau Mountains Watershed Partnership on Oahu Island… Read More

Sustaining Hawai‘i’s Freshwater

Market-based measures could provide critical funding for sustaining Hawai‘i’s freshwater supply The Hawai‘i  legislature is currently reviewing measures that would provide reliable, dedicated  funding to protect the state’s important watershed areas, with the  long-term goal of ensuring a… Read More

Climate Change a Priority

Climate change a priority for new Senator Brian Schatz On Dec. 26, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie announced his selection to fill the US Senate seat left vacant by  Senator Daniel K. Inouye’s passing on Dec. 17.  Lt. Governor… Read More

Adaptive Water Management

Hawaii Public Radio program discusses adaptive water management with Richard Wallsgrove “Can you weather a white paper on climate change?”  Beth-Ann Kozlovich, host of Hawaii Public Radio’s weekday morning talk show The Conversation, asked this question by means… Read More

Maui Stream Flows

Court rules on Maui stream flows In August 2012, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled to vacate a 2010 decision made by the state Commission on Water Resource Management that impacts stream flows in Nā Wai ʻEhā, or the… Read More

Climate Forecast Success Story

PVT landfill prepared for the storms A blue ribbon panel will meet to discuss future landfill options on Oahu. In the meantime, the state is still investigating last month’s medical waste spill at Waimanalo Gulch. One key question… Read More