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83,000 Hawaii homes dispose of sewage in cesspools. Rising sea levels will make them more of a mess
With climate change, rising seas are eroding Hawaii’s coast near homes with cesspools. Sea rise also is pushing the island’s groundwater closer to the surface, allowing the cesspool effluent to mix with the water table and flow into the ocean. And scientists say cesspool pollution may even percolate into streets and parks in low-lying former wetlands in the future.
Grant Projects to Bring More Trees, Create Healthier Learning Environments at Hawai‘i Public Schools
(HONOLULU) – Three nonprofit organizations have been selected to receive funding for tree planting projects at Hawai‘i public school campuses through the U.S. Forest Service’s 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Grant. Each project will advance the Hawaiʻi Forest Action Plan priorities in Urban and Community Forestry while the trees planted will contribute toward the State’s pledge to conserve, restore, or grow 100 million trees by 2030.
Here's how local seaweed is helping reduce methane released from cows
Coming off the Year of the Limu, the commercialization of Hawaiʻi seaweed looks promising — not so much for human consumption but for cattle to cut the methane that they release.
How the Construction Industry Aims to Tackle Hawai‘i’s
Five industry leaders discuss affordable housing, climate change, adaptive reuse and a multibillion project coming to O‘ahu.