Hawai’i Today
Explore with us the current events, both global and local, that impact life in Hawai’i Today. “In depth” analysis of the challenges and potential solutions are addressed, with a focus on activating community solutions that will nurture and sustain a lifestyle unique to all who live in Hawai’i.
Republicans absent, President Biden’s Climate Plan languishes; held hostage by a one coal state democrat
Meanwhile, hundreds of billions in private investment in a clean energy economy are mostly on hold awaiting Federal action. Hundreds of billions in private investment in a clean energy economy are mostly on hold awaiting Federal action and Democratic lawmakers to enact clean energy tax credits proposed as part of the President Biden’s Build Back Better […]
Great Barrier Reef on verge of another mass bleaching, is Hawaii next?
Temperatures over the Great Barrier Reef in December (summer for Australia) were the highest on record with “alarming” levels of heat that have put this one-of kind ocean jewel on the verge of another mass bleaching of corals. Recent global climate changes represent a new normal of extremes in global air and water temperatures and […]
Ocean warmth sets record high in 2021; Hawaii in the crosshairs
The warmth of the world’s oceans hit a new record high. A new analysis, published Tuesday in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, showed that oceans contained the most heat energy in 2021 since measurements began six decades ago — accelerating at a rate only possible because of human-emitted greenhouse gases. “When you have this long-term […]
Hawaii-based climate solutions needed now
Update: Jan. 11th, 2022 Hawaii Legislature Update on Climate Issues According to House Finance Committee Chair Sylvia Luke, “now that we have more revenues coming in, we need to make commitments. We need to make money commitments in order for us to address climate change.” The Environmental Legislative Caucus, a group formed in 2020 to […]