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Want To Combat Climate Change? Feed Seaweed To Cows

Want To Combat Climate Change? Feed Seaweed To Cows

Feeding cows a few ounces of seaweed daily could sharply reduce their contribution to climate change.

Kahuku Wind Farm Case Goes Before Hawaii Supreme Court Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Kahuku Wind Farm Case Goes Before Hawaii Supreme Court

The oral arguments Thursday were the first of three Hawaii’s highest court will hear involving renewable energy projects.

Leonardo DiCaprio Lends Support To Hawaii Bill Protecting Sharks

Leonardo DiCaprio Lends Support To Hawaii Bill Protecting Sharks

The actor and environmentalist says that shark populations 鈥渁re critical to ocean health and resiliency.鈥

Biden Plan To Conserve More Ocean Habitat Worries Hawaii Fishing Interests Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat

Biden Plan To Conserve More Ocean Habitat Worries Hawaii Fishing Interests

Many details remain to be worked out in Biden’s 30 by 30 plan, similar to a 2016 Hawaii initiative.

Big Island Scales Back Plans For Recycled Water Tom Hasslinger/Civil Beat

Big Island Scales Back Plans For Recycled Water

The lower category of recycled water could still be used on golf courses and for some types of farm irrigation.

Brian Schatz: ‘Native Wisdom’ Needs To Be Part Of US Climate Policy Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Brian Schatz: ‘Native Wisdom’ Needs To Be Part Of US Climate Policy

Hawaii’s senior senator is elevating one of his top policy initiatives — climate change — as chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

Lawsuit Aims To Protect Hawaii’s Iiwi Bird From Extinction Jack Jeffrey Photography

Lawsuit Aims To Protect Hawaii’s Iiwi Bird From Extinction

Mosquito-borne illness has decimated the forest bird’s numbers. It could disappear on Kauai in the next 30 years if no action is taken, conservationists say.

Hawaii Island Couple In ‘Bizarre’ Aquarium Fishing Incident Fined More Than $270,000 Wikimedia Commons

Hawaii Island Couple In ‘Bizarre’ Aquarium Fishing Incident Fined More Than $270,000

State officers say a collector left his wife and another diver in the water while trying to hide their illegal aquarium fishing.

The Fish We Eat Are Eating Plastic. That’s Not A Good Thing The Conversation

The Fish We Eat Are Eating Plastic. That’s Not A Good Thing

Our research showed that fishes such as sharks, grouper and tuna that hunt other fishes or marine organisms as food were more likely to ingest plastic.

Could Hawaii’s Fossil Fuel-Powered Cars Soon Be A Relic Of The Past? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Could Hawaii’s Fossil Fuel-Powered Cars Soon Be A Relic Of The Past?

The electric vehicle market is growing and state leaders want to help phase out gas-powered cars. Local auto dealers say they’re moving too fast.