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Reviving Hawaii’s Meat Inspection Program Could Also Take Aim At Axis Deer Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

Reviving Hawaii’s Meat Inspection Program Could Also Take Aim At Axis Deer

Current rules and regulations have become too onerous for local meat producers.

DOE Looking Into Financial Records Of Kailua School Composting Program David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

DOE Looking Into Financial Records Of Kailua School Composting Program

Proceeds from compost sales to the public are kept by the partner schools.

Whales Might Be Feeding More In Hawaii. What Does This Say About A Changing Ocean? Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023/NOAA Permit No. 19655

Whales Might Be Feeding More In Hawaii. What Does This Say About A Changing Ocean?

The findings contradict a general consensus that humpbacks usually just breed in Hawaiian waters then return to feed around Alaska and scientists want to know why.

The Pacific Island Nation Of Vanuatu Just Scored A Big Climate Win Graham Crumb/Wikimedia Commons/2015

The Pacific Island Nation Of Vanuatu Just Scored A Big Climate Win

It convinced the UN to urge the world’s highest court to rule on whether polluting nations must address climate change

NOAA: Hawaii And Alaska Are Showing The Effects Of  Climate Change Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023

NOAA: Hawaii And Alaska Are Showing The Effects Of Climate Change

Scientists are also working to integrate Indigenous intelligence as part of efforts to combat climate change.

Pacific Territories Are Getting Millions To Address Climate Change. Is It Enough? Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2019

Pacific Territories Are Getting Millions To Address Climate Change. Is It Enough?

Congress approved a large influx of money to American Samoa and other territories, but threats from rising temperatures are evolving.

Historic Effort To Save Hawaii Forest Birds With ‘Mosquito Birth Control’ Hurtles Forward Courtesy: Bret Nainoa Mossman/MFBRP

Historic Effort To Save Hawaii Forest Birds With ‘Mosquito Birth Control’ Hurtles Forward

The world’s first attempt at landscape-scale mosquito control for conservation holds promising health benefits for people too.

US Renewable Power Surged Ahead Of Coal For The First Time Last Year Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

US Renewable Power Surged Ahead Of Coal For The First Time Last Year

Experts say the trend still isn鈥檛 fast enough to stop the worst impacts of climate change.

Maui Solar Project Stokes Concerns About Climate-Fueled Fire And Flooding Risks Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

Maui Solar Project Stokes Concerns About Climate-Fueled Fire And Flooding Risks

The Paeahu solar farm, located in a dryland forest, would operate a short distance from a residential subdivision.