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Corals Are The Sad Story That Can Change The World Raphael Ritson-Williams

Corals Are The Sad Story That Can Change The World

The ongoing coral carnage may be what makes climate change real for many of us.

Offshore Energy: Could Wind And Waves Power Oahu? Courtesy: Principle Power

Offshore Energy: Could Wind And Waves Power Oahu?

Federal officials are seeking information and proposals that could help Hawaii achieve its 100 percent renewable mandate.

Should Scientists Researching Oceans Also Help Save Them? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Should Scientists Researching Oceans Also Help Save Them?

Aulani Wilhelm, who helped create a massive marine national monument, calls for expanding protections.

Leader Makes Plea for Expanding Monument As Coral Symposium Starts NOAA

Leader Makes Plea for Expanding Monument As Coral Symposium Starts

Palau’s president backs Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument proposal as NOAA officials warn about unprecedented coral bleaching.

Chief Justice: Hawaii Environmental Court ‘Very Successful’ In First Year Courtney Teague/Civil Beat/2016

Chief Justice: Hawaii Environmental Court ‘Very Successful’ In First Year

Before establishing it here, officials looked at the environmental courts in India. That country’s laws were discussed at a conference in Honolulu.

Hawaii’s Legal Battles Over GMOs Could Also Affect The Mainland Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Hawaii’s Legal Battles Over GMOs Could Also Affect The Mainland

Federal judges hold a parade of hearings in which advocates defend Kauai, Hawaii and Maui counties’ right to regulate agriculture.

Watch Wednesday’s Federal GMO Hearings Live On Civil Beat Civil Beat

Watch Wednesday’s Federal GMO Hearings Live On Civil Beat

Visiting 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges will hear oral arguments in three GMO-related lawsuits, as well as two other cases.

Coral Reefs In the Spotlight As Research Project, Symposium Loom Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Coral Reefs In the Spotlight As Research Project, Symposium Loom

Experts will talk about the plight of reefs at an Honolulu conference just as researchers look to revolutionize how they’re studied.

Would Hawaii Marine Monument Expansion Hurt The Tuna Industry? Courtesy: NOAA Fisheries

Would Hawaii Marine Monument Expansion Hurt The Tuna Industry?

Conservationists question the claim of the longline fleet — and many state legislators — that the proposal represents a $7 million loss for fishing.

Study: Several Common Drugs Could Leach Into Oahu’s Groundwater Environment Hawaii

Study: Several Common Drugs Could Leach Into Oahu’s Groundwater

What’s in our wastewater can ultimately end up in our aquifers. A UH graduate student studied which contaminants are most likely to leach.