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Hawaii

Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Bid to Block Hawaii Climate Lawsuit

It was the second defeat for the Trump administration’s unusual litigation to stop states from acting on climate change.

By Marianne Lavelle

Excavators work to remove debris in Waialua, Hawaii, after a flood hit Oahu on March 23. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images
The Maui County Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic in Lahaina, Hawaii. Credit: Sean Hower/Civil Beat

Maui Mental Health Providers Face Stress and Uncertainty About State Jobs

By Keerti Gopal

Native Hawaiian elder and activist, Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala, is calling for a ban on a prospective commercial deep sea mining industry. Credit: John Wolfsohn/Getty Images

‘We Live in One Ocean’: Native Hawaiian Activist Calls for Inclusion in Deep-Sea Mining Decisions

By Teresa Tomassoni

A community memorial in Lahaina, Hawaii, honors those lost in the devastation of the 2023 Maui wildfires. Credit: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Maui’s Mental Health Crisis Goes Far Beyond the Wildfire Burn Zone 

By Keerti Gopal

Arizona State University researchers use advanced mapping techniques to pinpoint locations where high levels of fecal bacteria are driving ocean contamination on West Hawaii’s coastline. Credit: Courtesy of ASU Global Airborne Observatory

Raw Sewage Sneaking Into West Hawaii’s Coastal Waters Threatens Coral Reefs and Public Health, Scientists Find

By Jaylan Sims

Workers remove solar panels from an industrial building. Credit: Waltraud Grubitzsch/picture alliance via Getty Images

As EPA Stalls, States Are Left to Handle Solar Panel Waste

By Rambo Talabong

Breadfruit grows in Laura, on a lofty tree. The height exposes the tree to the elements, particularly winds that blow off the Pacific Ocean. Credit: Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2025

Can This Tree Still Save Us? In Some Places It’s Barely Hanging On

By Thomas Heaton, Honolulu Civil Beat

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

A pedestrian walks across a flooded street in Honolulu on Dec. 7, 2021, the morning after a powerful tropical storm known as a Kona Low hit the Hawaii islands. Credit: Eugene Tanner/AFP via Getty Images

The Supreme Court Let Lawsuits Against Oil Companies Proceed. This Is What It Means

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

California voters cast their ballots at the Joslyn Park voting center on Tuesday in Santa Monica. Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate

By Lee Hedgepeth, Kristoffer Tigue, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Martha Pskowski, Wyatt Myskow

In an aerial view, lots that have been cleared of wildfire debris, covered in gray gravel, are seen as vehicles pass along a newly reopened stretch of Honoapi'ilani Highway on August 3 in Lahaina, Hawaii. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Disaster Recovery Is a Delicate Act of Balancing Priorities

By Mathilde Augustin

Kevin Chang on the left) and other delegates from Hawai'i working on Motion 048, at the World Conservation Congress in Marseille. Credit: Audrey Gray

Nature’s Say: How Voices from Hawai’i Are Reframing the Climate Conversation 

By Audrey Gray

The rainforest in North Queensland, Australia. Credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images

Warming Trends: The Value of Natural Land, a Climate Change Podcast and Traffic Technology in Hawaii

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Maui. Credit: Andre Seale/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Maui Has Begun the Process of Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost of Sea Level Rise.

By David Hasemyer

Honolulu is Already Feeling the Effects of Climate Change

Honolulu Sues Petroleum Companies For Climate Change Damages to City

By David Hasemyer

Hawaii, Calif. Removing Limits on Rooftop Solar

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Hawaii Rejects Proposed Ban on Solar Energy

By Sara Stroud

Hawaiian Utility Fights Solar Industry Over Private Installations

By Dave Levitan

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