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Energy

AK - Mary Peltola’s delicate balance on energy, climate

Mary Peltola, one of the few pro-oil Democrats in Congress, spent months prodding President Joe Biden to approve the enormous Willow project on the North Slope of Alaska. She was the only Democrat this year to join the pro-fossil fuel Congressional Western Caucus. And when Biden reversed oil and gas leases in her state last week, she said she was “deeply frustrated.”

Hawaii & Alaska
Advocacy

AK - Earthjustice Celebrates Cancellation of Arctic Refuge Leases and Proposed Future Actions

Biden administration cancels illegal leases and opens new processes that could preserve cherished Arctic lands in Alaska. More is needed to tackle the biggest climate threat: further oil drilling on existing oil and gas leases in the Western Arctic 

Hawaii & Alaska
Science

AK - Mysterious ‘skin-like’ golden orb found on ocean floor off Alaska coast

Scientists analysing DNA of object that could be an egg from an unknown sea creature or a marine sponge

Hawaii & Alaska
Energy

AK - Alaska watches, nervously, as Ukraine war pushes more Russian oil through Bering Strait

The war in Ukraine appears to be driving a sharp increase in shipments of Russian oil to China through the Bering Strait, prompting new warnings that the traffic threatens the isolated villages and residents’ fish and wildlife harvests on the American side of the border.

Hawaii & Alaska
Property

HI - Hawaii investigates unsolicited land offers as the state tries to keep Lahaina in local hands

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Thursday his administration has opened several investigations into people who have allegedly made unsolicited offers for property in the fire-stricken Maui town of Lahaina in violation of a new emergency order.

Hawaii & Alaska
Federal

HI - Corps of Engineers selected for Wildfire Debris Removal on Maui (with post-fire news compilation)

Governor Josh Green, M.D., today announced that the State of Hawai‘i and the County of Maui have selected the US Army Corps of Engineers to lead efforts to remove fire-damaged debris from areas across Maui affected by historic wildfires that began on Aug. 8.

Hawaii & Alaska
Recreation

HI - Big Island’s Pohoiki boat ramp — landlocked by 2018 Kīlauea eruption — could reopen by end of 2024

The long, frustrating wait to regain direct access to the ocean and lucrative fishing grounds via Puna’s Pohoiki boat ramp — which became landlocked during the 2018 Kīlauea eruption — could finally be over before the end of next year.

Hawaii & Alaska
Waterways

HI - Army Corps invites public comment on proposed plan for beneficial use of dredged material along the Hale‘iwa Beach Park shoreline

HONOLULU – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Honolulu District, in partnership with the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation, is announcing the release of a second Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA), which identifies a proposed plan for beneficial use of dredged material along the Hale‘iwa Beach Park shoreline, in Hale‘iwa, Island of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i (Figure 1).

Hawaii & Alaska
Property

HI - In Hawaii, concerns over ‘climate gentrification’ rise after Maui’s devastating wildfires

A housing crisis has priced out many Native Hawaiians as well as families who have been there for decades, and people worry it will be harder for them to afford housing now.

Hawaii & Alaska
Tourism

HI - The Invisible Fire on Maui

For those on the Hawaiian island whose jobs depend on tourism, a period of mourning and recovery has also brought fear for their livelihoods.

Hawaii & Alaska
Advocacy

HI - Fossil Fuel Companies Ask Hawaii Supreme Court to Dismiss Honolulu’s Climate Case

Honolulu has sued Big Oil over the costs of adapting to weather extremes – including bigger fire risks.

Hawaii & Alaska
Science

AK - Researchers Map the Deep Ocean Off Alaska’s Coast

The U.S. weather agency is exploring the ocean around the Aleutian Islands aiming to map the sea floor and make discoveries about undersea life.

Hawaii & Alaska
Tourism

HI - Maui wildfires expose rift over island’s tourism: ‘We’re more vulnerable than anyone admits’

The industry generates 80% of Maui county’s economic activity – but it risks devastating the island’s natural resources

Hawaii & Alaska
Local

HI - Lahaina residents worry a rebuilt Maui town could slip into the hands of affluent outsiders

Gov. Josh Green, during a visit to Lahaina with FEMA, told journalists that he won’t let Lahaina get too expensive for locals after rebuilding. He said he is thinking about ways for the state to acquire land to use for workforce housing or open space as a memorial for those lost.

Hawaii & Alaska
Tourism

AK - Crammed with tourists, Alaska's capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of tourists spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital city every day from cruise ships towering over downtown. Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses stand ready to whisk visitors away, with many headed for the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier.

Hawaii & Alaska
Science

HI - Research reveals Hawai'i's undersea volcano, Kama'ehu, erupted five times in past 150 years

Kamaʻehuakanaloa (formerly Lōʻihi Seamount), a submarine Hawaiian volcano located about 20 miles off the south coast of the Big Island of Hawai'i, has erupted at least five times in the last 150 years, according to new research led by Earth scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

Hawaii & Alaska
Property

HI - As sea levels rise, so does erosion. Hawaii offers lessons.

Beyond the Kikiaola Harbor on the western side of Kauai, the beach that surrounds this lush Hawaiian island becomes ragged and, in some places, nearly disappears.

Hawaii & Alaska
Waterways

AK - Alaska Marine Highway System plans for three new ferries in four years

Federal transportation dollars are pouring into the Alaska Marine Highway System. It’s saving the state money now. But Alaska’s ferry board is looking far into the future and helping to draft a 20-year plan. It includes three new ferries in the next four years.

Hawaii & Alaska
Property

HI - Community input sought on managed retreat plan | News, Sports, Jobs

Maui residents have seen how climate change and sea level rise have and are affecting Maui’s valuable shorelines.

Hawaii & Alaska
Advocacy

AK - Alaska leaders petition the U.S. Supreme Court for reversal of EPA ban on Pebble Mine

The Dunleavy administration is bypassing lower courts in its attempt to overturn a decision barring permitting of the controversial copper and gold mine

Hawaii & Alaska
Fisheries

AK - How Ocean Warming Is Killing a Prime Alaska Crab Fishery

For the Aleut community of St. Paul, Alaska, the loss of snow crabs is rippling through the economy and raising concerns about the future.

Hawaii & Alaska
Engineering

HI - Devastating Hawaii Beach Loss Will Include 88% Of Hanauma Bay

University of Hawaii reported recently that the future of the beach at Hanauma Bay looks very troubling.

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