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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Jet fuel plays an outsized role in Hawaiʻi's total carbon emissions. Aside from simply flying less — a tough sell to an island state — the primary solution to cut carbon out of air travel could be the development of sustainable aviation fuel. But as HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports, the state has a wait-and-see approach.
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Hawaii Electric said that power availability on Hawaiʻi Island will be “extremely tight” through at least mid-April.
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Lawmakers are urging the Public Utilities Commission to be more aggressive in its investigation of the Lahaina wildfires. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.
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Deputy State Energy Officer Stephen Walls walked into a Senate budget briefing this week and was caught completely off-guard by the news that the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office was being stripped from the state supplemental budget bill entirely. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.
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Hawaiʻi State Energy Office funding uncertain after Senate budget move; New pathway from Guam to Hawaiʻi to meet the demand for mechanical engineers; Maui maternal health
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The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has been slowing down over the last century, and certain climate change factors may bring the current system past the point of no return.
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While Hawaiʻi is progressing well in getting fossil fuels out of the electrical grid, transportation is lagging. The transportation sector — aviation, marine and ground transport — is the largest source of emissions in the state. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote talks with experts about whether a clean fuel standard would help.
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The Hawaiʻi State Energy Office says energy efficiency is key to achieving the state's zero-carbon goals. But what does that look like in practice? HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote talked with a Molokaʻi group paving the way with an appliance exchange program.
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Eighteen local organizations are gearing up to convene at the state Capitol on Tuesday for the first-ever legislative Environment Day.
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A U.S. Supreme Court decision may limit the authority of federal departments like the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration. The “Chevron Doctrine” gives power to federal agencies to interpret vague laws like the Clean Air Act.