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Reality Sets In For Kauai’s Flooded-Out Residents Courtesy of Courtney McLaughlin

Reality Sets In For Kauai’s Flooded-Out Residents

“It鈥檚 so surreal that everything that we had is now just part of the land,鈥 said an Anahola resident surveying her ruined homestead.

Kauai: Record Storm Drives Tourists Out But Hanalei Residents Dig In Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat/2018

Kauai: Record Storm Drives Tourists Out But Hanalei Residents Dig In

Construction crews arrive in force and businesses and homeowners clean up,聽 but residents are keeping a wary eye on weather reports.

Taro Patches Are Classrooms For These Nanakuli Students Katie Boon/Civil Beat

Taro Patches Are Classrooms For These Nanakuli Students

They’re studying water management issues and pushing for the release of water into stream beds for agricultural use.

I’m Returning To Trump’s America To Stand Up For Science Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

I’m Returning To Trump’s America To Stand Up For Science

A new University of Hawaii professor, who spent years abroad, says in the current political climate the U.S. needs more science — and more scientists than ever.

‘Offshore’ Podcast Returns With A Young Man On An Urgent Mission 天美视频

‘Offshore’ Podcast Returns With A Young Man On An Urgent Mission

“The Blood Calls” to London Lewis as he searches for his birth culture in the Marshall Islands. And we investigate adoption practices in Hawaii and Arkansas.

The Urgency Of Curbing Pollution From Ships Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The Urgency Of Curbing Pollution From Ships

Oceangoing vessels contribute 2 to 3 percent of the world鈥檚 total greenhouse gas emissions, studies show.

Council Considers Big Cuts In Honolulu’s Climate Change Office Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Council Considers Big Cuts In Honolulu’s Climate Change Office

Voters created the office less than two years ago. Now Council Chair Ernie Martin wants to slice its budget in half.

Filthy Bathrooms At This Popular Beach Park Are Creating A Stir Bianca Smallwood/ Civil Beat

Filthy Bathrooms At This Popular Beach Park Are Creating A Stir

Pokai Bay Beach Park has other health and environmental hazards, too.

Blue Planet: From ‘Harry Potter’ To Formidable Political Force Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Blue Planet: From ‘Harry Potter’ To Formidable Political Force

The foundation’s vision of moving Hawaii to 100 percent renewable energy is now central to the state’s energy plan — and has some traction on the mainland.

 

Developer Exploring Giant Wind Farm In West Oahu Gill Ewa Lands LLC

Developer Exploring Giant Wind Farm In West Oahu

The plan includes building up to 16 turbines in the Waianae mountains to pay for a massive land restoration project.