Environment

Hawaii is the first sub-national government to sign onto the Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership, presented Friday by the Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum to the United Nations Secretary General....

If policymakers are committed to reducing global carbon dioxide emissions, then they will have to get serious about promoting sources of electricity production that can compete with coal on price....

The issue first came to light last month when constituents contacted my office, and on August 19th we brought the issue to the Administration....

The report acknowledges, finally, that the temperature has plateaued for 16 years now, which the scientists admit they can’t explain....

Attorney Robert Thomas of Pacific Legal Foundation and Grassroot President Dr. Keli’i Akina discuss the nature of individual rights and the role of property....

Business leaders will be invited to join the council, which will consist of 15 volunteers representing industries such as travel and tourism, recreation, fishing, transportation, energy, and marketing. Members will be appointed by the national marine sanctuaries director and serve two- to three-year terms....

The Hawaii Kai Marina Community Association, the permittee of a dredging project, may face questions from the Army and Department of Land and Natural Resources....

He also stated that customer rates would not be affected by the incident....

...a few weeks ago the puppy-murdering phonies of "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" (PETA) hounded a Kauai fisherman whose close call with a giant ahi was captured on video.  Now the national spotlight is focused on a Big Island youth...

Robert Clark, president of the Hawaii Kai Marina Community Association referred to Waianae residents’ concerns as “total ignorance” ....

Applications are due Sept. 30....

"I'm going to f*** with the environmentalists even if I don't have a dog in the fight"

"Despite the continued increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, the annual-mean global temperature has not risen in the twenty-first century challenging the prevailing view that anthropogenic forcing causes climate warming."

In 2013, there have been eight incidents, including four within the last month. Four of this year’s incidents occurred on Maui....

Hawaii has 750 linear miles of coastline....

U.S. wind turbines kill 1.4 million birds and bats every year, while producing just 3 percent of U.S. electricity....

...spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa stood by his comment....

Sue and Settle process has left Hawaii burdened with an EPA mandated ‘Regional Haze’ plan which forces human emitters to make up for emissions from Kilauea Volcano....

Tracking the success of the plan will be coordinated with the state Office of Information Management and Technology....

As Native Hawaiians and residents of Hawai‘i, we take serious offense at your public attack upon a local fisherman for catching ahi....

...the impending total depletion of its trust fund....

...for causing or permitting visible fugitive dust to become airborne....

Evacuation time, 10 hours....

four bills related to land preservation, emergency medical services, small boat harbors and the Kahoolawe Island Reserve....

3 beaches (1%) had more than 20% of their samples exceed state standard(s)....

But let’s pretend we were able to stop emitting all carbon immediately...The Science and Public Policy Institute found that the global temperature would decrease by 0.17 degrees Celsius—by 2100.

If President Obama’s proposed power plant emissions controls are enacted, it will destroy utilities burning coal, hike energy costs while making zero impact on earth’s climate...

Each year, approximately one to four sperm whale carcasses drift ashore in Hawaii....

According to The Guardian, 98 percent of the 32 million displacements were due to climate change....

one model out of the 12 is consistent with the proxy-inferred patterns of the rainfall changes....

Right now there is a race to see how fast Kakaako can be sold and developed before the mainland and foreign real estate investors find out they will be stuck with enormous future expenses....

a “huge, politically inspired environmental agenda” which would impose significant costs on the industry at a time when it could least afford them....

...the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed three tree snail species and 35 plant species on the island cluster of Maui Nui in Hawaii as endangered ....