Supreme Court rejects bid by oil companies to toss Honolulu’s climate suit
The justices turned away an appeal by the oil companies of a decision by Hawaii’s top court allowing the suit, which alleged violations of state law, to proceed. Read more
Climate Change
‘We’re in a new era’: How climate change is supercharging disasters
With temperatures rising around the world and the oceans unusually warm, scientists are warning that the planet has entered a dangerous new era of chaotic floods, storms and fires made worse by human-caused climate change. Read more
Winds, heat and drought fueled Los Angeles fires, scientists say
Erupting well outside of the traditional wildfire season, the California blazes were spreading quickly today. For California, scientists now consider fire to be a yearlong risk. Read more
Gov. Green’s budget keeps ‘rainy day fund’ at $1.5 billion
Green previously told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that the state needs $100 million to $200 million annually to adapt to climate change and better protect the islands from another fire like the fatal one in 2023 that decimated Lahaina, which continues to recover. Read more
Bear attacks surge in Japan as aging hunters face challenges
A record 219 people were victims of bear attacks, six of them fatal, in the 12 months through March 2024, while more than 9,000 black and brown bears were trapped and culled over that period, according to Japan’s environment ministry. Read more
Global climate talks forge deal on money after bitter fight
Speakers from one developing country after another, from Bolivia to Nigeria to Fiji, assailed the document in furious statements. Read more
Letter: Carbon cashback among our climate-change tools
Hawaii has committed to achieve net-negative emissions by 2045, and we’re not alone, as Gov. Josh Green is one of 24 governors in the U.S. Climate Alliance. Read more
Biden visits Amazon rainforest en route to G20 summit in Rio
Biden flew from Lima, Peru, to Manaus, Brazil, the largest city in the Amazon, to meet with local leaders working to preserve the rainforest. He was to head afterward to Rio de Janeiro for a summit of the Group of 20 major economies that will address issues including poverty, global governance and climate change. Read more
Hawaii awarded $59M for hydrogen station
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the state of Hawaii $59.2 million for the deployment of zero-emission equipment and other climate adaptation projects at its ports. Read more
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Schatz: Hawaii to receive $9.1M in for forest restoration
Some of the work DOFAW expects to carry out with the funding includes the planting of 80,000 native trees and the removal of invasive weeds from 1,200 acres. Read more
Global coral bleaching event expands, now largest on record
A staggering 77% of the world’s coral reef areas – from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Indian oceans – have so far been subjected to bleaching-level heat stress, according to satellite data, as climate change fuels record and near-record ocean temperatures across the world. Read more
World leaders call for investment in clean energy
Speaking at a Global Renewables Summit, Kenyan President William Ruto made the case for investing in renewables in Africa as part of the global pledge made at last year’s COP28 summit to triple clean energy capacity by 2030. Read more
Sinking Tuvalu fights to keep maritime boundaries amid sea rise
Tuvalu, whose mean elevation is just 2 m (6.56 ft), has experienced a sea-level rise of 15 cm (5.91 inches) over the past three decades, one-and-a-half times the global average. Read more
Dolphins dying again in Amazon lake made shallow by drought
The lake’s main channel is 6.5 feet deep and roughly 100 meters wide, and it is used by all the boat traffic, from canoes to heavy ferries, Marmontel said. Two dolphins were killed recently when boats ran into them in the shallow water. Read more
Coastal flooding expected during high tide through today
Peak monthly high tides combined with water levels running higher than predicted will lead to minor flooding along the shoreline and low-lying coastal areas, according to forecasters. Read more
Climate change could imperil South Korea’s beloved kimchi
Studies show that warmer weather brought about by climate change is now threatening these crops, so much so that South Korea might not be able to grow napa cabbage one day due to the intensifying heat. Read more
NASA robot probes to gauge melting beneath Antarctica ice shelf
The fate of the world’s largest ice sheet is a major focus of nearly 1,500 academics and researchers who gathered this week in southern Chile for the 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctica Research conference. Read more
Another Outer Banks home collapses into ocean, a stark reminder of climate change
Rodanthe, home to about 200 people, has lost seven houses to the ocean in the past four years. Read more
Extreme weather drives travelers to cooler destinations
Wildfires and heat waves this summer have pushed more travelers to take “coolcations,” as the industry has started calling them, to northern Europe and Alaska to beat the heat. Read more
‘Extraordinary’ growth of California’s largest fire raises alarms
The fire had surpassed 307,000 acres — the largest so far this year in California— with no containment and few signs of slowing down. Read more
World breaks hottest day record again, despite El Nino’s end
Scientists said it was possible that Tuesday or today of this week could again surpass Monday’s record, as temperature peaks generally happen in clusters. Read more
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