Hawaii

Kim Coco Iwamoto to become Hawaii’s first trans lawmaker

August 12, 2024 | By Peter Schulte | -, Good News Links

Iwamoto is known for her progressive stance, having been recognized by former President Barack Obama for her work. She’s also been supported by groups mirroring U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) politics. She supports the Green New Deal, wants to increase funding of public education in the state, promotes mass reform of the criminal justice system, and aims to invest in affordable housing.

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Revolutionary grid-scale wave energy generator deployed in Hawaii

July 26, 2024 | By Peter Schulte | -, Good News Links

Ocean Energy has deployed its 826-tonne wave energy converter buoy OE-35 at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site off the coast of the island of Oahu ahead of it being hooked up to Hawaii’s electricity grid. With a potential output of 1.25 MW, OE-35 harnesses energy from the waves using a remarkable double-flow air system.

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New program to restore 120 miles of coral reefs off Big Island of Hawai’i

June 13, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Good News Links

Arizona State University (ASU) will lead the Ākoʻakoʻa initiative, drawing on a funding pool of $25 million to research, conserve and restore degraded corals.

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Hawaii becomes first U.S. state to ban shark fishing

February 22, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Good News Links

The penalties for breaking the statute are steep: $500 for a first offense, $2,000 for a second, and $10,000 for any subsequent violations.

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Five U.S. states are repaving roads with unrecyclable plastic waste

January 13, 2023 | By Peter Schulte | -, Good News Links

Pilot programs are ongoing in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California, and Hawai’i are already seeing promising results.

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Vast marine protected area in the Pacific Ocean has led to significant rebound in tuna stocks

October 20, 2022 | By Peter Schulte | -, Good News Links

A huge marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean, almost four times the size of California, has led to the recovery of tuna and other migratory fish around its borders, according to a new study published in the journal Science.

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Hawaii shuts down its last coal-fired power plant

September 2, 2022 | By Peter Schulte | -, Good News Links

In 2020, Hawaii’s Legislature passed a law banning the use of coal for energy production at the start of 2023.

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Hawaii startup just launched world’s first ocean-assisted carbon removal plant

May 19, 2022 | By Peter Schulte | -, Good News Links

Each Heimdal can pull 1,000 tons of carbon out of the ocean per year at just a fraction of the cost of air-capture methods.

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Hawaii becomes first U.S. state to ban shark fishing

January 26, 2022 | By Peter Schulte | -, Good News Links

Hundreds of shark species worldwide are threatened by extinction due to over-fishing. A new bill makes it illegal to knowingly capture, entangle, or kill a shark in Hawaii’s marine waters.

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Hawaii pledges to conserve, restore or grow 100 million trees by 2030

September 27, 2021 | By Peter Schulte | Good News Links

The One Trillion Trees Pledge is part of the 24-hour Global Citizen Live event today to “defend the planet and defeat poverty” and is meant to achieve net-negative carbon goals and combat climate change.

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