On Jan. 1, 2026, Hawaiʻi increased the statewide transient accommodations tax, or TAT, from 10.25% to 11%, with each county ...

A new bill has passed the Senate in The Aloha State to raise the tourist tax in an effort to "reduce climate change." Senate Bill 1396 aims to raise the tourist tax on Hawaii hotels to 11% starting ...

Researchers are proposing a new strategy for local governments to make municipalities more resilient against climate change.

It was bound to happen. Activists are signaling support for the fringe legal theory of “climate homicide,” the notion that certain people and companies should be held crimin ...

Among the recent public policy debates that have fragmented political discourse has been the impact of climate change on the environment and the economy. Quid Novi, a thought-leader organization in ...

New research shows most people believe climate change will affect others first, revealing a perception gap that may slow ...

Climate litigation faces limits due to procedural issues and courts’ inability to solve systemic problems. ADR—like mediation ...

By 2100, it predicted that if no action is taken to lower our fossil fuel use (a scenario called RCP8.5 by the UN’s ...

In November, the California Public Employees Retirement System announced it invested $60 billion in “climate solutions,” ...

Research conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that people tend to rate their own risk of being ...