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Efforts Underway To Rid Hawaii Of Coral-Damaging Sunscreen Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Efforts Underway To Rid Hawaii Of Coral-Damaging Sunscreen

State lawmakers have introduced two bills and a study is planned to determine the effectiveness of public-outreach campaigns.

Fiji Is Showing Off Its Sharks — Should Hawaii Do The Same? Civil Beat/Alana Hong Eagle/2017

Fiji Is Showing Off Its Sharks — Should Hawaii Do The Same?

The apex predators are more than just a tourist attraction. Their protection in a marine park helps other fish thrive as well.

Is Hawaii Spending Enough To Protect Its Natural Resources? Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Is Hawaii Spending Enough To Protect Its Natural Resources?

The challenge facing the DLNR is called “overwhelming,” but the agency hasn’t hired all the people it’s authorized to.

Sewage Spills Will Likely Continue Near Ko Olina Until Pipes Replaced Natanya Friedheim/Civil Beat

Sewage Spills Will Likely Continue Near Ko Olina Until Pipes Replaced

Prematurely corroding pipes must be replaced at an estimated cost of $34.6 million, a City Council committee is told.

Momentum Grows For Ocean Preserves, But Do They Work? UNESCO via Wikimedia Commons

Momentum Grows For Ocean Preserves, But Do They Work?

Marine protected areas such as Papahanaumokuakea are important to saving special places in the ocean, but more are needed.

Man Pleads Not Guilty In Attack On Albatrosses Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Man Pleads Not Guilty In Attack On Albatrosses

The 19-year-old’s arraignment came almost exactly a year after the slaughter of seabirds at Kaena Point in West Oahu.

Year Of The Tuna: A Quota Showdown Looms In 2017 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Year Of The Tuna: A Quota Showdown Looms In 2017

Like many other countries, the U.S. longline fleet based almost entirely in Honolulu wants to catch more fish.

Hawaii Environmental Council Is Finally Playing With A Full Deck Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Environmental Council Is Finally Playing With A Full Deck

Lacking a quorum, the council has had to cancel many meetings over the past decade as governors struggled to nominate members.

Kauai Utility Wins Lease For Hydro Project in Kekaha Earthjustice

Kauai Utility Wins Lease For Hydro Project in Kekaha

The project could provide energy as well as irrigation needs on the island.

Wespac Still Pushing Obama To Lift Marine Monument’s Fishing Ban Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Wespac Still Pushing Obama To Lift Marine Monument’s Fishing Ban

The federal advisory body’s leaders want a five-year delay of the commercial fishing prohibition around Papahanaumokuakea.