Marcel Honoré

Honolulu

@CivilBeat Staff Writer. Professional Toddler Wrangler; -01- Days Without An Accident. Formerly @staradvertiser, @mydesert

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Congressional Delegation Wants Answers On Navy's Plans For Kaʻula Bombing

3 weeks ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

The Navy has simply said it doesn’t expect any significant impacts, but the draft report doesn’t go into much detail. Eight months ago, the Navy declared that it doesn’t expect its push to increase target practice on the uninhabited Hawaiian islet of Kaʻula will have any major environmental repercussions. It still hasn’t answered a host of fundamental follow-up questions from local conservation groups and members of Congress on those plans.
Hawaiʻi makes history as first state to charge tourists to save environment

4 weeks ago | grist.org | Marcel Honoré

This story was originally published by Honolulu Civil Beat. Hawaiʻi has officially become the first U.S. state to enact a so-called “green fee” — a charge added onto hotel room stays and other short-term visits to help protect the local environment and address the growing impacts of climate change. Governor Josh Green signed the fee into law Tuesday after years of unsuccessfully urging the Legislature to pass it.
Hawaiʻi makes history as first state to charge tourists to save environment

4 weeks ago | ecotopical.com | Marcel Honoré

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Hawaiʻi Makes History As First State To Charge Tourists To Save Environment

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new “green fee” that the governor signed into law today. Hawaiʻi has officially become the first U.S. state to enact a so-called “green fee” — a charge added onto hotel room stays and other short-term visits to help protect the local environment and address the growing impacts of climate change. Gov. Josh Green signed the fee into law Tuesday after years of unsuccessfully urging the Legislature to pass it.
Conservation Groups Sue To Block Commercial Fishing In Pacific Monument

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

The fishing has resumed in the deep ocean waters that were designated off-limits over a decade ago. Honolulu longliners wasted little time cashing in on President Donald Trump’s decision last month to lift the commercial fishing ban in the deep ocean waters of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument.
Hawaiʻi Readies Weather Stations Against Trump Assault On Climate Research

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré |Caitlin Thompson

The federal government will no longer track the nation’s costliest natural disasters. A local solution can fill some of the need here — if its funding holds out. As the White House shuts down federal efforts to track climate change impacts, Hawaiʻi has recently ramped up its own initiatives to keep that record going at the local level, largely through a network of new weather stations and experts. But that network, which has taken years to build, could also be on the chopping block.
Progress Report: Bolder Action Needed To Protect Hawaiʻi's Environment

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

Legislators passed a historic new green fee. They also kicked some of Hawaiʻi’s most daunting environmental challenges down the road. At Pōkaʻī Bay in Waiʻanae swimmers and paddlers often report coming down with infections and stomach bugs once they leave the water. That includes Carmen Guzman-Simpliciano’s son, who, in 2022, visited the emergency room with an MRSA infection shortly after swimming there. Six months later, she said, the same thing happened after another dip in the Oʻahu bay.
Hawaiʻi Legislature Takes Historic Step Toward A Visitor 'Green Fee'

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

If passed, the first-of-its-kind fee would raise millions of dollars annually to protect the state’s natural resources and make it more resilient to climate change. In a major win for conservationists, Hawaiʻi is poised after years of debate to finally approve a so-called “green fee,” which would be paid mostly by visitors to help shield the island state from environmental harm and climate change.
Trump Lifts Commercial Fishing Ban On Key Protected Area In Central Pacific

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

Members of the Trump administration signaled that Papahānaumokuākea, the protected area around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, could be next. President Donald Trump has opened one the largest protected swaths of the Central Pacific Ocean to commercial fishing, lifting a ban that sought to help conserve the region’s imperiled fish, shark, sea turtles, marine mammals and other species.
West Hawaiʻi Needs More Water. But At What Cost?

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

The battle over a single Kona well site shows the tension between development and protected Indigenous water rights. It may not seem like much: Just another Hawaiʻi island well slated to be drilled deep into the dry, volcanic landscape of North Kona. But this well, dubbed the “Ota well” for the family that used to own the site, has been fought over for years.