Savannah Harriman-Pote
Energy & Climate Change ReporterSavannah Harriman-Pote is HPR's energy and climate change reporter. She is also the lead producer of HPR's first narrative podcast: This Is Our Hawaiʻi. Prior to that, she worked as a producer for The Conversation. She also produces Manu Minute in collaboration with the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. She was born and raised on Hawaiʻi Island, and she collects lava lamps.
Contact her at sharrimanpote@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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Emergency managers advise everyone to keep a two-week supply of food on hand in case of a disaster. But how much food is that exactly? And what does it cost? HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote gets into the details. -
The Kona Community Hospital on Hawaiʻi Island is putting the finishing touches on a new on-site oncology center, which hospital leadership hopes will better meet the needs of nearby cancer patients. -
The Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity plans to move ahead with new measures to limit the spread of invasive coconut rhinoceros beetles on Hawaiʻi Island. The current infestation on the Kona coast started in March 2025. -
Hawaiʻi's waters contain more than 600 native limu species. Karla McDermid guesses she can identify 40 of them by touch alone. Marine biologist Karla McDermid has created a "Limu Ark," a living library on Hawaiʻi Island of about 70 native seaweed species. -
The Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund and Pōhaku Pelemaka submitted a joint petition earlier this month asking for officials to regulate the movement of CRB host materials around the island. -
For decades, Hawaiʻi has said no to nuclear power. But advancements in nuclear technology and pressures to shift Hawaiʻi away from costly oil have prompted some lawmakers to revisit the nuclear question. -
The aftermath of a disaster is a legal and financial minefield. Put important documents in your evacuation kit in case disaster strikes. -
The recent Kona low weather system brought some much-needed rainfall to dry parts of the state, but Hawaiʻi and Maui counties remain in drought. -
Hawaiʻi Island has one of the highest rates of hunger in the state. A growing network of community organizations is trying to meet the needs of local residents who are struggling to put food on the table. -
Hawaiʻi relies on imported oil to run its electrical grid. The state got over a third of its fuel from South America last year — but none from Venezuela, which claims to have the largest oil reserves in the world.
