The youth plaintiffs contend that the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation operates a transportation system that emits high levels of greenhouse gasses, violating their state constitutional rights.
Canada is developing a clean electricity standard reach its commitments to a net-zero grid by 2035, but its not the first jurisdiction to do so. Hawai'i's own standard helped fast-track the state's transition to renewables.
Conservation groups in Hawai‘i represented by Earthjustice sent a notice of intent to sue the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act if the hotel does not fix lights that the groups says are impacting native seabirds.
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