Environment

Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi is celebrating 15 years as an organization. Over the past decade and a half, the group has cleaned up over 750,000 pounds of trash and reached more than 50,000 volunteers.

Mary Lou Zeeman, a professor at Bowdoin College in Maine, spoke with The Conversation about modeling tipping points and the mathematics of resilience.

The Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity plans to move ahead with new measures to limit the spread of invasive coconut rhinoceros beetles on Hawaiʻi Island. The current infestation on the Kona coast started in March 2025.

The administration wants to expand the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill in West Oʻahu, which is scheduled to close in 2028 — ahead of reaching capacity.

Hawaiʻi's waters contain more than 600 native limu species. Karla McDermid guesses she can identify 40 of them by touch alone. Marine biologist Karla McDermid has created a "Limu Ark," a living library on Hawaiʻi Island of about 70 native seaweed species.

Nathan Marcy of the nonprofit group Defenders of Wildlife spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about the state of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Hawaiʻi Senate President Ron Kouchi reacts to Gov. Josh Green's State of the State address; Dean Minakami, executive director of the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation, shares details on state programs to help first-time homeowners get into the housing market

Sara Gabrielson from the Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization and Kathryn Dressendorfer from the Surfrider Foundation spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about a new approach to landscaping on Maui.

The Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund and Pōhaku Pelemaka submitted a joint petition earlier this month asking for officials to regulate the movement of CRB host materials around the island.

Writer and illustrator Erzsi Kuba Palko spoke with HPR’s Lillian Tsang about her keiki book “Under the ʻŌhiʻa Tree.”