Marcel Honoré

Honolulu

Staff Writer at Honolulu Civil Beat

@CivilBeat Staff Writer. Unfrozen Caveman Journalist. Formerly @staradvertiser, @mydesert

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Articles

Trump Lifts Commercial Fishing Ban On Key Protected Area In Central Pacific

1 week 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 weeks 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.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Is Being Evicted Amid Federal Cuts

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

Observatory leaders have assured local emergency officials their public service will continue, but questions linger about how and where that work will happen. For more than 100 years, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has kept a close eye on Kīlauea and other geologic hot spots to warn Big Island residents before eruptions, while training hundreds of volcano researchers from around the globe.
Climate Change Science Atop Mauna Loa Could Stall Amid Federal Cuts

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

The NOAA office in Hilo that supports that carbon dioxide sampling has been flagged for a possible lease cancellation. For nearly 70 years, scientists have used an outpost near the top of Mauna Loa on the Big Island to record the rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — one of the top indicators of human-caused climate change.
Governor's Pick Withdraws From Consideration For Hawai‘i Water Rights Board

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

It’s the latest fallout in ongoing tensions between Gov. Josh Green and conservation groups over who should fill the seat to represent traditional stream rights and practices. Gov. Josh Green’s pick to serve as cultural expert on the state’s pivotal water resources board has withdrawn his nomination, officials announced Tuesday, prior to the Senate deciding whether to confirm him.
Federal Cuts May Clip Wings Of Hawaiʻi’s Endangered Birds

1 month ago | newsfromthestates.com | Marcel Honoré

Conservation efforts to protect some of Hawaiʻi’s most vulnerable native species and their habitats have been upended by the Elon Musk-led push to slash thousands of federal jobs. On Kauaʻi, the mass firings have disrupted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s management of three National Wildlife Refuge sites, including wetlands that shelter endangered waterbirds. On Maui, they’ve hampered the National Park Service’s role in the fight to protect forest birds on the verge of extinction.
Hawaiʻi's Endangered Birds Bear Brunt Of Recent Federal Job Cuts

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

Workers who had hoped to spend their careers supporting these at-risk local species have been let go. Now, who might take over remains up in the air. Conservation efforts to protect some of Hawaiʻi’s most vulnerable native species and their habitats have been upended by the Elon Musk-led push to slash thousands of federal jobs.
To Rescue The Cliffs Below Diamond Head, This Group Went Rogue

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

The Honolulu community group says it’s providing a critical public service neglected by the city, but Kuilei Cliffs also brushes off city instructions that it says are unreasonable. For the past five years, volunteers with the nonprofit community group Kuilei Cliffs have spent their Saturday mornings clearing invasive weeds, brush, thorny Keawe trees and heaps of rubbish from one of Honolulu’s most popular city beach parks.
Sea Anemones Invade Kāne‘ohe Bay, Likely From Home Aquariums

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré |Thomas Heaton

A new invasive species threatens Kāneʻohe Bay’s fragile coral ecosystem, sending state officials scrambling for a solution. For most home aquarium enthusiasts, the majano anemone is an invasive pest to avoid getting in their tanks at all costs. Now, the worrisome critters are loose in Oʻahu’s Kāneʻohe Bay. They likely got there, experts say, as part of illegal coral plantings meant to cash in on the nation’s growing aquarium-hobby fix.
Hoʻopilikia ʻIa Ko Hawaiʻi Koholā ʻĀhuka Maoli ʻOle I ʻAne Halapohe E Nā Pono Lawaiʻa

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Marcel Honoré

Wahi a nā mea noiʻi, he pono ko lākou kūkākūkā ʻana me nā lawaiʻa kamaʻāina no ke kōkua ʻana i nā māmela kai. ʻO Hawaiʻi wale nō kahi e ʻane halapohe ai kēia ʻano koholā. Ka nota a ka luna hoʻoponopono: Unuhi ʻia na Ākea Kahikina. Click here to read this article in English. Ke hōʻeha ʻia nei nā koholā ʻāhuka maoli ʻole he nui ke lou lākou i nā mea lawaiʻa ma nā kai o nā mokupuni nui o Hawaiʻi nei, wahi a kekahi ʻatikala noiʻi hou i hoʻolaha ʻia i ka Pōʻahā.