#climate

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., heralded the Legislature’s passage of SB1396, creating the climate impact fee, or “green fee,” to help the islands to mitigate the impacts of climate change and the roughly 10 million visitors welcomed to Hawaiʻi each year.

The new Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program aims to enhance climate change mitigation efforts for the Native Hawaiian community.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa assistant professor and an international team of researchers have revealed shifts in the tropical Pacific’s “Pacific Walker Circulation,” potentially leading to more prolonged El Niño and La Niña events, and intensifying climate-related impacts.

A new report released by the U.S. Geological Survey says climate change could pose a threat to Hawaii’s endangered Honeycreeper population. According to the study, increased temperatures in Hawaii’s mountains would likely result in deadly non-native bird diseases creeping up the mountains. Researchers say current populations enjoy cool, high-elevations where mosquitoes do not thrive; but […]

Matson Navigation will be reducing its staffing by 10 percent under a cost cutting plan announced by parent company Alexander & Baldwin.  Matson plans to reduce its non-union headcount by approximately 60 positions.  A&B chairman Allen Doane said that while fourth quarter and full year 2008 earnings are expected to be good, the measures are […]