The 2018 Hawaii Legislative session is over.
Thank you all so very much for your contributions, perseverance and patience through this year’s session and the many emails we sent you. We did far better than the 10% chance the average …
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May 20, 2018
350Hawaii’s strategy for 2018 is to promote
To this end, we are working to pass resolutions in …
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April 20, 2018
A little history:
350.org began in 2008.
This 2009 youth-led campaign for awareness and action was the first activity of 350Hawaii.
In 2010, Rob Kinslow interviewed 350.org founder Bill McKibben, who gave a presentation at the State Art Museum.…
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February 12, 2017
Why hasn’t Congress acted on climate change? Because oil and gas companies are big contributors to their election campaigns. The biggest obstacle to climate action is political will, and one of the biggest influences on political will is money in …
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March 19, 2016
[Originally published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, February 25, 2016]
By Anthony Aalto and Michael Kramer
February 25, 2016
Why is our state pension system betting against the …
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February 25, 2016
January 22, 2016
Climate negotiators strike deal to slow global warming
With the tap of a gavel and thunderous applause, 195 nations and the European Union adopted a new climate change plan, one with the ambitious goals of slowing global warming by reducing …
December 12, 2015
Hundreds of climate change supporters marched through Waikiki’s busy streets Sunday to raise awareness of the irreversible effects the excess use of fossil fuels has had on our planet.
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November 25, 2015
The divestment movement grew 50-fold in the past year and now represents $2.6 trillion in investments.…
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November 6, 2015
Do you remember how President Obama and every other G20 leader pledged to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies? It was in 2009, right before the last major UN climate conference – the one in Copenhagen.
That pledge was great, there was …
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November 5, 2015