Savannah Harriman-Pote

Hawaiʻi has ambitious climate goals, and federal dollars have played a critical role in the state's progress to meet them.

President-elect Donald Trump took aim at several government agencies on the campaign trail, including the Environmental Protection Agency.

The PUC is looking into possible reforms to disconnection practices. The upcoming meeting will include presentations from community organizations that provide utility assistance, like Honolulu's Office of Economic Revitalization.

Local organizations that offer utility and rental assistance suggested reforms that could help people who are struggling to pay their electric bills at a meeting held by the Public Utilities Commission on Monday.

On this edition of Your Call, we're discuss what Project 2025 means for US food policy.

Hawaiian Electric has said that a Public Safety Power Shutoff event was possible four separate times this fire season. But only half of surveyed residents say they understand the program.

Experts say we’re halfway through a crucial decade in mitigating climate change — 2030 is the global target to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke with the leadership at the Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency about how the city will navigate the next five years.

Hawaiian Electric has released its own report confirming that its equipment was involved in the outbreak of the Lahaina wildfire.

Every year, several tons of debris from the North Pacific Garbage Patch ends up on Hawaiʻi's shores. Scientists have developed a model to track the floating trash heap.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to connect Indigenous communities in Hawaiʻi and Aotearoa to explore geothermal energy.