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World Whale Day was started on Maui back in 1980 by the late Greg Kaufman of the Pacific Whale Foundation to draw attention to the magnificent creatures and the dangers they encounter. The Conversation talked with the foundation’s lead scientist, Jens Currie, as well as Ed Lyman of NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
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Oʻahu lawmakers want more to be done about invasive species, and they say the city needs to play a bigger role. The Honolulu City Council just approved a measure asking the city administration to do so.
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A new report from the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office paints a stark picture of Hawaiʻi's progress to cut out fossil fuels. It's over 350 pages, but the key takeaway is simple: Unless the state takes aggressive action now, it will fall short of its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2045. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote explains.
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Local farmers and other agricultural producers can apply for reimbursement for recently bought compost. Each qualified applicant can receive up to $50,000.
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Increasing drought is threatening the food supply of a well-known local resident, but some groups are taking action to fight back. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
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An approved set of new rules will affect the catching and selling of several herbivorous reef fish species used in aquariums. Last week the state Board of Land and Natural Resources unanimously voted to accept changes that regulate the fishing of manini, kole, kala and uhu in Hawaiʻi.
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The ulūlu, also known as Hawaiʻi’s millerbird, has been downgraded from critically endangered to just endangered. The increased population is the result of decades of conservation work in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Experts say hundreds of ulūlu live on Laysan Island today.
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The issue underscores the need for fencing to protect ʻōhiʻa trees from further infection as researchers recently released an online map showing the hardest hit areas on Hawaiʻi Island without fences to keep out hooved animals.
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Public access to a fishpond on Kauaʻi’s north shore has been preserved in perpetuity after the land was purchased and transferred to a local nonprofit. The property includes a community path to Waipā’s coastal zone along Hanalei Bay and the fishpond.
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Does money grow on trees? In some cases, maybe so when it comes to tax deductions. The Exceptional Tree Initiative provides special protections for single trees or groves of trees.