Hanabusa's public relations firm says the candidate does not support the NextEra takeover of Hawaiʻi’s energy portfolio despite the Florida company dumping money into her campaign.

Coalition’s letter to the federal and Hawaiʻi state governments charges United States’ militarism with the perpetuation of violence and oppression across the Pacific.

As Koa Ridge breaks ground on some of the Hawaiʻi's most fertile land, the Sierra Club recommits to shifting the state's policy toward local food production.

The land board’s acquiescence to corporate control of Hawaiʻi's resources represents the state’s continuing failure to uphold its fiduciary duties.

“We the undersigned firmly oppose the continued destruction of Hawaiʻi and all First Nations lands at the hands of governments, corporations and militaries which prioritize money over the health and well-being of people and the environment.”

There is abundant evidence that the military has not complied with the terms of its lease, but state officials want to extend the lease beyond its 2029 expiration date.

The demonstration emphasized the connection between—and convergence of—the issues of social justice, labor, indigenous rights, environmental stewardship and human rights.

The newly-formed coalition includes groups from the labor rights, environmental protection, Native Hawaiian sovereignty, food justice, and social justice movements.

For Native Hawaiians, the protection of Mauna Kea is an ancestral responsibility to responsible land stewardship and a means of ensuring Mauli Ola, or a holistic sense of health and wellbeing.

NASA environmental findings mean that neither TMT nor any other development on Mauna Kea can be approved without being in violation of the Mauna Kea Conservation District rules and regulations.

A bill that would have given the state broader authority to preempt county ordinances it finds inconvenient, such as those restricting biotech, failed to find enough support to pass through the senate agriculture committee.

The “People Not Profits” rally brought together diverse issues, united by the message that government should serve the people, not corporations and developers.