Climate Change

Hawaiʻi is expecting to collect $100 million a year from the new "Green Fee" tax on hotels and cruise ships that starts next year. The 0.75 percentage point increase to the state’s visitor tax — bringing it to 11% — will be spent on climate resilience. But what types of projects need the funding most? Care for ʻĀina Now, a group that advocated for the Green Fee, wants community input.

The Trump administration has proposed budget cuts to NOAA that could close a research station on Maunaloa. That site has been a key source of information on climate change for decades. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke to researchers with ties to the station.

Transportation officials on the lessons learned from Tuesday's tsunami traffic jams; A community forms around a tiny race track

A local hub for climate research is facing an uncertain future. As HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports, time is ticking for them to receive crucial federal funding.

Honolulu is suing major fossil fuel companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, and Chevron, over climate change impacts. The city argues these companies knew for decades that their products caused global warming and profited from it.

A research team from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa found that highly diverse areas help ecosystems thrive and help boost the nutritional value for humans.

The Hawaiʻi Climate Commission is preparing to update its statewide sea level rise vulnerability report. The update is required by state law, but the effort is not yet funded.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is looking for ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One idea they’ve floated? Limiting cruise travel. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

When a thunderstorm brought record-breaking rainfall to Kauaʻi in April 2018, the county didn't have a formal plan for how it would address the impacts of global warming. After seven years, that's about to change. The Kauaʻi County Planning Department is on track to finalize its Kauaʻi Climate Adaptation Plan at the end of this summer. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.

For decades, the federally funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program has provided relief to people struggling to pay their utility bills. But this might be the last year that assistance is available.