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The Ongoing Fight for the Forests and Freshwater of Hawai‘i

Hawai‘i’s native forests have evolved for millennia to become an incredible array of biological diversity and abundance. There are close to 1,400 plants native to Hawai‘i, with around 90 percent of them found nowhere else in the world. Healthy, native...

What the Reopening of the Puna Geothermal Plant Means for Hawai‘i

Puna Geothermal Venture facility, Hawai‘i’s only geothermal plant, is reopening on the Big Island following two years of closure. As the most petroleum-dependent state in the nation, Hawai‘i is dedicated to phasing out fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy...