As 2025 came to an end, a climate report released by the Council on Strategic Risks outlined how climate change could threaten both Hawaii’s civilian and military communities, and how cuts to programs ...

Scientists say climate change and invasive grasses are turning ordinary grasslands into major wildfire threats across the ...

A federal judge's ruling clears the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help pay for the impacts of climate change, a levy set to go into effect at the start of ...

Kauai County mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami signed the county’s first comprehensive plan focused on addressing climate change on Dec. 17. While everyone on Kauai will be affected by climate change, the ...

Will the latest Kona-low storms further strain Hawaii’s home insurance market, resulting in greater gaps in coverage? The Insurance Fairness Project released a report last week detailing how costly ...

The new Green Fee Advisory Council had to choose from among more than $2 billion worth of funding requests to help Hawaii respond to climate change, but will only have $100 million or so annually to ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge’s ruling has cleared the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help cope with climate change, a levy set to go into effect at the ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The council’s chair, Jeff Mikulina, said the transparency ...