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This Fall, the Supreme Court will make a monumental decision on whether the Clean Water Act prohibits groundwater pollution. The upcoming case is in response to a 2018 verdict in Hawaii, which ruled that a wastewater facility...

The University of Hawaii West Oahu has gained a new Perkins+Will-designed addition that’s not only visually striking but also site-specific to Kapolei, a planned community on the island of Oahu...

Hurricane Walaka, a powerful hurricane that hit Hawaii earlier this month, has wiped a Hawaiian island off of the map. East Island, a remote, 11-acre area of gravel and sand that sat on top of a coral reef, has disappeared...

Hurricane Lane is swiftly moving along its course toward Hawaii, where a hurricane warning is in effect for Maui and the Big Island. A hurricane watch has also been issued for Kauai and Oahu. According to the National Weather...

After more than three months of continuous eruption, Mount Kilauea on Hawaii's Big Island has finally stopped emitting lava. At the base of Kilauea, fissure 8 has been the longest lasting and most destructive of the two dozen...

Mount Kilauea may have disappeared from the news for a while, but it isn't done surprising us yet: the Hawaiian volcano has officially created a new island in the Pacific Ocean...

While Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to erupt, this explosive episode of volcanic activity has already made a dramatic impact on the land, from the summit down to the ocean...

In a first for the Big Island of Hawaii, a new sustainable "agrihood" known as Kuwili Lani, Hawaiian for “to embrace the heavens,” has received final subdivision approval and properties in this new neighborhood are now...

Hawaii's largest freshwater lake is gone. Lava from Fissure 8 boiled away Green Lake, a source of freshwater for the Big Island, in about five hours. A white plume of steam resulted, and lava has filled the former lake.[...]

Volcanoes can "make their own weather," according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) — and the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii is doing just that...

Two new fissures cracked open on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano over the weekend, and magma and rock burst into the air. Local Mark Clawson, who hadn't evacuated, told Reuters, "It is a near-constant roar akin to a full-throttle...

Two new fissures cracked open on Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano over the weekend, and magma and rock burst into the air. Local Mark Clawson, who hadn't evacuated, told Reuters, "It is a near-constant roar akin to a full-throttle...

The legislature of Hawaii has approved two bills that will make the state carbon neutral by 2045 - the most ambitious climate change goal of any US state...

The legislature of Hawaii has approved two bills that together put the state on the path to becoming carbon neutral by 2045 - the most ambitious climate change goal of any state in the United States. Bille bill 1986 establishes...

The eruption of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has destroyed around 26 homes and five structures. Since the eruption began, 10 fissures have emerged, and thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. Hawaii...