Hawaii: Act 96 will impose a “green tax” on tourists to safeguard Hawai‘i’s natural ecosystems from the growing impacts of ...

Hawaii’s four counties can add an extra tax on top of the state TAT. All of them have decided to add the maximum possible, ...

The shamelessness of the scarcity left's cash-grab schemes knows no bounds. Indeed, not even land's end can save you, as far ...

Josh Green signed into law a first-of-its-kind climate impact bill Tuesday at the state Capitol. The governor was flanked by ...

Governor Josh Green signed into law Senate Bill 1396, now Act 96 today making it the first of its kind in the nation and ...

Governor Josh Green signed into law Senate Bill 1396, now Act 96 today making it the first of its kind in the nation.

The fee aims to fund park maintenance, as most river visitors are non-local day-trippers. It's currently unknown if the San Marcos City Council will approve the proposal. SAN MARCOS, Texas - The ...

Jarrod Taylor has been diving in the waters off the coast of Honolulu for 20 years, and he has witnessed a seismic shift happening not just in Hawaii but across the world's oceans. Coral reefs ...

Senate Bill 1396 creates a climate “green fee” — finally — while SB 897 will help Hawaii’s major power utility, Hawaiian Electric Co., stay solvent and push ahead on crucial improvements ...

As a result, as the climate changes, the flora and fauna that make the islands so beautiful are more vulnerable. The bill did have opposition from the state's tourism lobby, which claimed the uptick ...

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