Senate Bill 657 proposed the creation of a climate data hub within the University of Hawaiʻi’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, using $2 million in state funds to support the work of fifteen researchers affiliated with the Coastal Research Collaborative.

A measure advancing in the state Legislature aims to set a new target to significantly reduce Hawaiʻi's total energy usage by 2045.

Environmental advocate Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala spoke to The Conversation's Maddie Bender about ocean protections amid Trump's executive order for deep-sea mining permits.

While lawmakers are considering many bills ahead of the end of the 2025 session on Friday, here at Hawaiʻi Public Radio, we’ve narrowed down the topics to the top four we’re paying close attention to.

The bone collector caterpillar lives in spiderwebs along the Waiʻanae Mountains and evades capture by encasing itself in the skeletons of the spider's victims and the spider's own shed skin. HPR's Maddie Bender has more.

President Trump has called on the U.S. Department of Justice to block states from enforcing climate change laws. Richard Wallsgrove, who co-directs the UH environmental law program, believes the potential impact of the order on Hawaiʻi is uncertain.

About half of Hawaiian Electric's utility lines are underground. HECO officials say the study will help them determine a strategy for burying more lines.

Haleakalā National Park’s newest project is calling for subject matter experts to create and translate content in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi for the park's website.

The City and County of Honolulu's Department of Parks and Recreation is asking for community feedback through O‘ahu’s neighborhood boards to help determine which parks should expand on-leash dog privileges.

Dana Shapiro, the president and CEO of the Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative, said the organization shipped hundreds of pounds of breadfruit to the 60 or so schools for the program a few weeks ago.