By Christopher Thompson Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors has joined forces with a coalition of 18 states, plus the District of Columbia, in opposing the “deep and punishing” cuts the Trump Administration has proposed for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The administration has proposed cutting EPA’s budget by $2.8 billion – or 31 percent […]

By Christopher Thompson U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono and Jeff Merkley introduced legislation on Wednesday that would require the EPA to study the effects of ozybenzone and octinoxate on the environment and human health Hawaii lawmakers want the environmental protection agency to study how chemicals in sunscreen impact coral reefs. U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono and Jeff […]

By Ryan Johnson Whether conditions worsen or improve depends strongly on decisions by President Trump and his EPA administrator Air pollution kills. In the United States, 1 of every 25 deaths occurs prematurely because of exposure to outdoor air pollution. It kills more Americans than all transportation accidents and gun shootings combined. More than diabetes […]

By Ryan Johnson The city and Waste Management of Hawaii will pay $425,000 as a part of a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA said that storms in December 2010 and January 2011 overwhelmed temporary pipes at the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill. Flooding at the site sent water contaminated with trash into the ocean. […]

In general, oil spills can affect animals and plants in two ways: from the oil itself and from the response or cleanup operations. Spilled oil can harm living things because its chemical constituents are poisonous. This can affect organisms both from internal exposure to oil through ingestion or inhalation and from external exposure through skin […]

“Making a conscious effort to change your day-to-day lifestyle — whether it’s eating plant-based foods, composting all your scraps, ditching plastic, or all three and then some — is an awesome thing to do for the planet. One can do it personally as a volunteer, join volunteering communities or establish an eco-friendly company populating the […]

Agency announces 2018 winners of the Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge Awards. TheU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the 2018 winners of the Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge Awards, which honor sustainable products and processes and the diversion of electronics from landfills. “The participants in the Electronics Challenge saved roughly 276,000 tons of electronics from going […]

By Adrian McDermott One can generalize that America’s drinking water is very safe.  However, vast swathes of land that are home to millions of people in America are actually at risk from polluted drinking water. In July this year, the Michigan department of environmental quality released the statement that the PFAS level in a water […]