Environmental activists are crying foul over proposed new language that would hamstring conservation efforts while green-lighting development.

Governor Ige has said he intends to increase Hawaiʻi’s food-production capacity. However, sprawling housing developments like Hoʻopili continue to put this goal further out of reach.

The complaint accuses the state agency of failing to execute its duties by approving agrochemical industry permits without adequate environmental review.

Concerned residents and elected officials call for drinking water resources to be better protected from fuel leaks.

Thirty-nine plant and 10 animal species have been added to list of endangered species in Hawaiʻi.

The environmental justice nonprofit says the Navy-EPA agreement to retrofit and monitor the historically leaky fuel tanks near Pearl Harbor is inadequate.

Senator Thielen says the final agreement with the U.S. Navy does not take strong enough action to minimize the threat of future fuel leaks at Red Hill.

Eighteen state lawmakers sent a joint letter to state and federal regulatory agencies insisting the “real danger” of contamination to drinking water not be ignored.

The Mauna Kea Visitors Center is also closed until further notice.

Resident concern grows over asphalt, debris and water flow impacts to the East Oʻahu valley.