Environment

University of Hawaiʻi president Wendy Hensel reflects on her first six months on the job; Scientists Sam Case and Molly Hagemann document interactions between Hawaiʻi's native birds and plants

On Friday, the land board voted 5-1 against the Army's final environmental impact statement for the Kahuku Training Area, the Mākua Military Reservation and the entirety of the Kawailoa-Poamoho Training Area.

What's next for the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority?; Maui County conservationists work to restore the island's sand dunes with native plants

The Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve has become the second marine protected area in the Hawaiian archipelago to win the prestigious Blue Park Award.

Researcher Chris Kyriazis explains the "extinction vortex" facing some endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers; Authors Manny Veincent and Kim Ann Curtain recount the founding the Kawaihae Canoe Club in their new book "Born of Two Oceans"

University of Hawaiʻi oceanographer Nick Hawco spoke to The Conversation's Maddie Bender about new research into the North Pacific Transition Zone.

U.S. House lawmakers have voted to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Advocate Austin Haleyalpiy with COFA CAN discusses concerns in the COFA community about immigration raids

Hawaiʻi is required by law to slash greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. What are the consequences if the state misses that target, and, essentially, breaks the law? HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.

A group of young people are suing President Donald Trump in an effort to block three of his executive orders that they claim will worsen climate change and violate their constitutional rights.

Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against President Trump's move to relax protections in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument; The UH Institute for Biogenesis Research provides an update on advances in gene editing