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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The U.S. Air Force issued a notice this month proposing the construction of two landing pads on Johnston Atoll to test the viability of using rockets to deliver military cargo loads. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more. -
Hawaiʻi County is updating its hazard mitigation plan for the first time since 2020, and the county is taking public feedback on the plan now. -
The federal government supports Hawaiʻi's food banks in a variety of ways, but there's a risk of that support drying up under the Trump administration. Some of that support has already stopped or has been put on pause. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote and Mark Ladao have more. -
Congress has until March 14 to agree on a spending plan to avert a federal government shutdown. Political analyst Andy Winer believes there is a 50-50 chance the government shuts down in less than two weeks. -
Trump's bid to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development is impacting research into coffee. A $6 million USAID grant to develop coffee trees resistant to the fungal disease coffee leaf rust has been halted. -
Invasive species and introduced diseases have transformed farming in the famed Kona coffee region. Now the Trump administration is pulling federal support for research into solutions. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports from Hawaiʻi Island. -
House Bill 1369 was heard by the House Finance Committee on Wednesday and proposed repealing credits for solar, wind, and renewable fuel. -
HPR continues to track the local impact of federal funding freezes. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote speaks to a Hawaiʻi Island group that has had its funding for a wildfire prevention project pulled. -
Funding freezes across Environmental Protection Agency programs are complicating climate and environmental justice efforts. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote looks into how local programs are affected. -
An executive order issued by President Donald Trump has halted some local climate work. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke to Native Hawaiian organizations whose climate projects are in limbo.
