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Advocacy

AK - Alaska Airlines and the Surfrider Foundation partner to protect coastal habitats and reduce waste from single-use plastics Alaska Airlines News

April is Earth Month, a time when we come together to care for the planet. Alaska is all about care and we’re on a journey to care for the environment around us, but we know we can’t achieve a greener future alone.

Hawaii & Alaska
Advocacy

AK - Alaska marine debris experts call for tighter regulation and more cleanup funding

Trawl nets, buoys, even boats and fragments of buildings: these are some types of marine debris that wash up on Alaska’s coasts every day.

Hawaii & Alaska
Property

HI - Dirty money: Corruption case highlights Hawaii cesspool mess

HONOLULU (AP) — A former Hawaii lawmaker is expected in court Thursday for sentencing in a federal corruption case that's drawn attention to a perennial problem in the islands: the tens of thousands of cesspools that release 50 million gallons of raw sewage into the state's pristine waters every day.

Hawaii & Alaska
Property

HI - Spiraling housing prices spark worry about Hawaii's future

WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) — Tedorian Gallano would like to buy a house for his wife and three youngest children in Hawaii, but real estate prices soared so high eight years ago he moved his family back to his childhood home outside Honolulu — and last year, his older brother followed suit.

Hawaii & Alaska
Engineering

HI - Restoration of Award-Winning Kaanapali Beach Canceled

The only U.S. beach that ranked #1 recently on the world’s best list will apparently not be restored.

Hawaii & Alaska
Property

HI - Erosion rulings send clear message: Landowners must come to terms with rising seas

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - With recent decisions, the state Land Board has sent a clear message to shoreline landowners: They’ll have to start dealing with rising seas and shouldn’t expect government bailouts.

Hawaii & Alaska
Science

HI - Hawaii studying man-made sound impacting marine life

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Marine Mammal Research Program is a team that conducts research focused on marine life located at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology on Moku o Loe. It has been an institution of the University of Hawaii at Manoa since 1995.

Hawaii & Alaska
Energy

AK - Willow oil development could pave way for more drilling in Alaska reserve, despite Biden’s new limits

The Biden administration announced a host of new environmental protections last week to limit future drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, just before it approved development of the massive Willow oil field.

Hawaii & Alaska
Fisheries

AK - Board of Fisheries votes on Bristol Bay king salmon management plan

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game Board of Fisheries voted on a final version of the King Salmon Management Plan that will take effect in the Bristol Bay area.

Hawaii & Alaska
Energy

AK - Biden Approves ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project to Drill Oil in the Alaskan Arctic

Despite the administration’s announcement of new protections for other North Slope and coastal areas of the state, environmentalists roundly criticized Monday’s decision.

Hawaii & Alaska
Engineering

HI - Marine Corps moving Hawaii firing range threatened by shoreline erosion

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The Marine Corps has begun the process of moving inland the first of four short-distance firing ranges on Oahu threatened by encroaching beach erosion.

Hawaii & Alaska
Engineering

AK - How Alaska's coastal communities are racing against erosion

A sandy bluff towers above the beach in Dillingham, Alaska. Every year, Alaska Native resident Ken Shade watches as a little more of his land falls over the edge, into the sea.

Hawaii & Alaska
Science

AK - Ocean drone completes world-first uncrewed Alaska ocean mapping mission

The Saildrone Surveyor, the world’s largest uncrewed ocean mapping vehicle, has completed a months-long survey around Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and off the coast of California.

Hawaii & Alaska
Federal

AK - Alaska seeking a 404 redirect for wetlands development

State wants to take over permitting control from feds, but costs and murky legal questions linger. State regulators say the move will allow more flexibility that will benefit both businesses and the environment in “Alaska’s unique conditions,” however, some senators expressed skepticism over efforts to take over what are known as “Clean Water Act Section 404” permits.

Hawaii & Alaska
Fisheries

AK - Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing. This Congresswoman Is Taking on the Industry She Says Is to Blame.

Mary Peltola won her election by campaigning on a platform to save the state’s prized fisheries. A powerful fishing lobby is standing in her way.

Hawaii & Alaska
Tourism

HI - Hawaii's Changing Economy Studied To Death? Some Say Hawaii Doesn’t Need More Data Before Acting On Overtourism

Experts say an understanding of the tourist capacity limits for local communities in the islands would help inform policies.

Hawaii & Alaska
Waterways

HI - Yacht Fuel Spill In Maui's Honolua Bay Prompts Calls For Reform

The grounding of the 94-foot luxury vessel has sparked calls to change the way commercial activity is handled in sensitive coastal waters.

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