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Hirono, colleagues seek to rescind Trump’s day-one executive orders on energy

Hirono said the Defending American Jobs and Affordable Energy Act would reassert America’s clean energy leadership, keep energy costs for families as low as possible, and unfreeze critical Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to protect jobs and support rural economies.

Experiments find coral reefs more resilient to climate change than previously thought

Coral reefs may have a brighter future than previously thought—if carbon emissions are reduced and local stressors like pollution are addressed, reefs could adapt and persist even under climate change.

Councilmember Kelly King to Depart for UN Climate Change Conference

Councilmember Kelly Takaya King will depart Thursday for the 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. She is one of only two delegates selected to attend the conference on behalf of ICLEI USA, an association of local governments devoted to climate action and sustainability. 

Hawai‘i Leaders Weigh In on Biden’s Executive Order to Rejoin Paris Agreement

​On the same day as his inauguration, newly sworn-in President Joe Biden issued an executive order, rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement.

UH Law Students Head to Poland for Global Environmental Conference

Four law students and two professors from the University of Hawai‘i William S. Richardson School of Law will participate in a global environmental meeting in Katowice, Poland.