The Conversation: EPA head tours Red Hill, Maui burn-zone; Coral nursery

By Catherine Cruz,

Maddie Bender

Published March 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM HST

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The Division of Aquatic Resources' coral nursery.

Healani Sonoda-Pale with the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative and Sierra Club Hawaiʻi’s Chapter Director Wayne Tanaka discuss the visit of EPA head Lee Zeldin to the Red Hill and the Maui burn zone | Full Story
HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports on confusion around Waikōloa Village's new evacuation route | Full Story
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks about the role of facts and opinions in the newsroom ahead of the paperback release of her memoir "It. Goes. So. Fast." | Full Story
Coral nursery curator Christina Jayne shows off coral structures grown in the Division of Aquatic Resource's lab to replenish local reefs | Attend a meeting on where the state should plant new coral | Full Story

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Maddie Bender

Maddie Bender is the executive producer of The Conversation. She also provided production assistance on HPR's "This Is Our Hawaiʻi" podcast. Contact her at mbender@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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