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City Council Holds Off On Stricter Plastic Bag Rules Civil Beat

City Council Holds Off On Stricter Plastic Bag Rules

Advocates on both sides of the issue agree a fee is better than handing out thicker plastic bags for free.

Bill Would Force The Navy To Upgrade Red Hill Fuel Tanks Sooner Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Bill Would Force The Navy To Upgrade Red Hill Fuel Tanks Sooner

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply says the current plan for modernizing the tanks poses too high a risk to Oahu’s drinking water.

Army Gives Go-Ahead For Dakota Pipeline Project Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Army Gives Go-Ahead For Dakota Pipeline Project

Native Americans pledge “massive resistance” against Trump administration plan to push ahead with the Dakota Access Pipeline

Will This Be The Year For A Styrofoam Ban? Christian Razukas/ Wiki Commons

Will This Be The Year For A Styrofoam Ban?

A Senate bill to ban polystyrene food containers is slated for its first hearing Wednesday.

Environmental Council Wants Hawaii To Redefine Success Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Environmental Council Wants Hawaii To Redefine Success

The council is proposing the use of a “genuine progress indicator” to evaluate the state in a way that goes聽beyond dollars and cents.

Bill Banning Many Sunscreen Products Advances In House Marina Riker/Civil Beat

Bill Banning Many Sunscreen Products Advances In House

The measure would prohibit sales of items containing oxybenzone, which harms coral reefs.

Hawaiian Electric Revives Three Oahu Solar Projects Doug Murray/FPL

Hawaiian Electric Revives Three Oahu Solar Projects

The utility company had canceled its contracts with SunEdison as it headed toward bankruptcy, but NRG Energy has stepped up in its place.

Does Honolulu’s Plastic Bag Ban Go Far Enough? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Does Honolulu’s Plastic Bag Ban Go Far Enough?

The city has no data on whether the ban has reduced litter or plastic bag waste, and a bill to strengthen the restriction is languishing in the City Council.

Money Sought To Protect Watersheds And Grow More Food Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Money Sought To Protect Watersheds And Grow More Food

Hawaii Gov. David Ige joins department heads asking legislators to approve funds for his Sustainable Hawaii Initiative.

Scientists See ‘Glimmer Of Hope’ For Hawaiian Monk Seals Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Scientists See ‘Glimmer Of Hope’ For Hawaiian Monk Seals

The endangered species, which is endemic to Hawaii,聽is growing in population after decades of decline.