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 proposal, shared by Gov. Josh Green's Office on Tuesday morning, details plans to overhaul Oʻahu's energy grid to run on a new fossil fuel. -
A former University of Hawaiʻi professor claims that the Hawaiʻi State Energy Offices liquefied natural gas report contains serious errors. -
Five community health centers are asking for state support to finance new solar microgrids. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke to leaders at the centers about how this initiative would help them weather rising costs. -
Over the past two years, Pono Pacific and the Hawaiʻi Agriculture Research Center have grown camelina at a handful of test sites across the islands in the hopes of fine-tuning local cultivation of the crop for biofuel production. -
The Senate is attempting to recoup funds by reducing sweeping income tax cuts that went into effect last year and by reevaluating tax credits for things like renewable energy. -
California has detected its first cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in marine mammals. Marine veterinarians in Hawaiʻi are monitoring the outbreak closely. -
Not having access to electricity during a blackout can make you feel — literally and figuratively — powerless. The Power Back Project is working to help Maui community members keep their essential devices online during outages. -
A new measure would set an income limit for the renewable tax credit. In order to qualify, an individual cannot make over $250,000 a year, with joint filers capped at $350,000. -
More than half of U.S. states, including Hawaiʻi, are considering new laws around balcony solar. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote reports on why this technology is gaining traction. -
House Bill 1694 creates a tax credit to encourage the production of sustainable aviation fuel, a lower-carbon alternative to conventional jet fuel.
