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⛽️💰 Hawai'i residents are now paying more at the pump and on their electric bills. ⛈️ The supper El Niño and climate cha...
10/07/2026

⛽️💰 Hawai'i residents are now paying more at the pump and on their electric bills. ⛈️ The supper El Niño and climate change will make it worse.

💰 AAA reports gas prices in the United States have increased $1.2352/gallon over the past year. In Hawai'i it has increased $1.139/gallon over the past year. 💰 If your tank has a 15 gallon capacity that's an extra $17.09 per tank. Kaua'i has the highest prices at $5.8843/gallon❗️❗️

⛴️ All of our gas and fuel for our power plants need to be shipped in. For some islands, shipping is harder than others, further rising fuel and energy prices for those islands. Hawai'i's reliance on shipping our fuel in leaves Hawai'i more vulnerable to storms than other states. ⛈️ 🌊

🌡️ Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of storms and periotic weather events like El Niño.

🌱⚡️ Renewable energy is not dependent on shipping or political conflict.

💰Not only will renewables help lower energy bills and make prices more consistent for consumers, but it will also reduce the expensive impacts, like storms, that climate change will have on our community.

⏳However, these large scale changes in our energy infrastructure takes time. Hawai'i plans to produce 100% of its energy by renewable methods by 2045, but is not there yet.

📈 While Hawai'i one of our countries leaders in moving towards renewable energy, there is still a long way to go. About 37% of Hawai'i's energy is produced by renewables. California has achieved 60% of its energy produced by renewables. The national average is 20%.

📚 Explore the Nation's gas prices through AAA here! 👇👇👇
https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=HI

📚 Learn more about how Hawai'i is specifically affected here! 👇👇👇
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/07/high-oil-prices-hammer-heco-customers-heres-why/


🌊 Oʻahu is making history with the Kalaeloa Hybrid Reef: it is the first large-scale ocean demonstration of living break...
10/06/2026

🌊 Oʻahu is making history with the Kalaeloa Hybrid Reef: it is the first large-scale ocean demonstration of living breakwaters! 🪸

What’s happening?
🔹 60 reef-like structures with live coral

🔹 70 yards off Kalaeloa Harbor

🔹 Innovative tech: porous concrete, coral settlement crevices, new biomaterials, and underwater speakers that play sounds of healthy reefs!

How does it work?
1️⃣ Remove and preserve any existing coral fragments

2️⃣ Install structures using a low-impact
catamaran and rotary micropiling system

3️⃣ Attach live coral fragments

4️⃣ Monitor environmental, engineering, and cultural impacts

Why does it matter?
✅ Shields highways from erosion, storm damage, and other sea level rise impacts

✅ Restores a damaged reef into a thriving ecosystem with new habitat

Expected outcomes:
🌊80% less wave energy

🪸80x more baby coral settlements

🌱50x higher coral survival rates

🏝️Reduced coastal erosion

🐟Healthier reefs ecosystems

Who’s making it happen?
🚦Launched by the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation

💰Funded by DARPA

🧑‍🔬Developed by University of Hawaiʻi research groups, Makai Engineering, Kuleana Coral Restoration, and more

🌺 Green Fee program funds first year of monitoring

🤲 Kalaeloa Hybrid Reef Monitoring Hui: local researchers, agencies, community, cultural practitioners, stakeholders

What’s next?
🔜 Structure installation in the coming months

🔎 Long-term monitoring by the Hui

If successful, Kalaeloa Hybrid Reef could become a model for protecting coastlines through a nature-based, coastal-engineering approach around the world! 🌍

🔗 More Details: https://hidot.hawaii.gov/blog/2026/09/14/hdot-launches-hybrid-reef-project-to-protect-hawaiis-coastal-highways/

Image Credits:
Hawai'i Department of Transportation
Kalaeloa Harbor

Meet Reese HarwoodOur Fall 2026 Energy Climate Communications VISTA! Reese is passionate about strengthening community c...
10/02/2026

Meet Reese Harwood
Our Fall 2026 Energy Climate Communications VISTA!

Reese is passionate about strengthening community connections, elevating public voices, and helping Hawaiʻi move toward a 100% clean energy future.

We're excited to welcome Reese to the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office and Hawaiʻi Climate Commission team!



Can you go a week without driving?🚶🏽‍♀️🚲🚌 During the week of October 1st, we’re asking you to give it a try. For many pe...
10/01/2026

Can you go a week without driving?🚶🏽‍♀️🚲🚌 During the week of October 1st, we’re asking you to give it a try.

For many people, going without a car isn't a choice. It's a daily reality. One in three people in the U.S. can’t drive due to age, disability, income and other factors. Instead, they rely on public transit, carpooling, walking, biking, and rolling.

This Week Without Driving is an opportunity to reflect on the transportation challenges our neighbors face and explore how complete streets make getting around Oʻahu safer and easier for everyone.

Leave the keys at home, try a new way to travel, and join the movement toward a more accessible and resilient Hawaiʻi. 🌺🤙🏽

🎨✨ CCMAC, Hawaiʻi Sea Grant & Capitol Modern are proud to introduce the 2026 cohort of Climate Action Artists! 🌿🎭We are ...
09/30/2026

🎨✨ CCMAC, Hawaiʻi Sea Grant & Capitol Modern are proud to introduce the 2026 cohort of Climate Action Artists! 🌿🎭

We are delighted to announce that we have selected five artists for the second edition of the Climate Action Artists Residency in 2026. 🥳🖌️ We were once again overwhelmed with the positive response and the quality of applications from the artistic community in Hawaiʻi. 🌺 Applications reached 65 strong this year, and through a committee made up of artists, scientists, and curators, the following artists have been selected as part of this year’s cohort: 👏👩‍🎨🧑‍🔬

Meet Avalon Paradea, a kapa artist from the Island of Hawaiʻi whose work engages with communities, their concerns, and aspirations for their regions in relation to the changing climate. 🎨📜🗣️

The artists will be collaborating with climate action practitioners working in each of the counties where they reside to connect directly with projects on the ground. 🤝🌱 The finished artworks will be exhibited at Capitol Modern, the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum in Honolulu, in the Spring of 2027! 🏛️🖼️

More info here: https://climate.hawaii.gov/art/





Mahalo nui loa, Sarah! 🌺✨A huge mahalo to Sarah Al-Hashemi, who joined the Hawaiʻi State Climate Commission as a Climate...
09/30/2026

Mahalo nui loa, Sarah! 🌺✨

A huge mahalo to Sarah Al-Hashemi, who joined the Hawaiʻi State Climate Commission as a Climate Communications VISTA!

Sarah brought enthusiasm, passion, and dedication to our team's work advancing island climate resilience. Sarah was instrumental in the development of our online Rebate Finder, something all of Hawaiʻi's residents will benefit from. Mahalo Sarah for working on this very important tool! Check out the Rebate Finder here: https://climate.hawaii.gov/save/

Swipe to read a few words from Sarah as she reflects on her time with the Commission! 👇

Join us tomorrow!!This Saturday, come talk story about water — mauka to makai!Join us at Ark of Safety at Waiʻanae Mall ...
09/25/2026

Join us tomorrow!!

This Saturday, come talk story about water — mauka to makai!

Join us at Ark of Safety at Waiʻanae Mall for a FREE community event with 30+ tables, with activities for all - keiki to kūpuna. Come learn something new, meet others in your community, and get involved in a topic you’re passionate about.

📍 Ark of Safety, Waiʻanae Mall
📅 This Saturday, 9/26 from 9 AM to 1 PM
🎟️ FREE • All ages welcome

Water is life & so we have organizations that touch all aspects of life! - including those working with drinking water, storm water, wastewater, watersheds, oceans, native plants, invasive species, climate, energy, emergency preparedness, and much more.

Come and:
🚒 Check out the fire engine! (Come early as the crew might have to leave for an emergency.)
🖍️ Color native plant stickers
🌸 Create pressed flower cards
💦 Learn about rain barrels
🌱 Make native seed balls
🪼 Make a Spanish Moss jellyfish craft
🐟 Make Genki balls

🤔 Got questions? Come to 1 place and ask them all!
- Where does our drinking water come from?
- What are we doing to make sure we have healthy drinking water into the future?
- What unthirsty native plants can I grow at home?
- What invasive species make fires worse?
- Why should we care about native species?
- How can I help protect our oceans?
- How can I make my voice heard on issues I care about?
- How can I live more sustainably on our island?
- How do I get into the forest to care for the plants that bring us our water?
- How should I prepare for emergencies?

…and so much more!

See the link in the BWS bio for more information, including news segments highlighting some of the activities.

💚 Most photos are from leeward BWS, DOFAW, Ka’ala Farms, Mohala I ka Wai, & WMWP volunteer days. Volunteering is an awesome way to grow pilina with ‘āina, wai, & kaiāulu. Join us on Saturday to learn how you can volunteer!

🎨✨ CCMAC, Hawaiʻi Sea Grant & Capitol Modern are proud to introduce the 2026 cohort of Climate Action Artists! 🌿🎭We are ...
09/24/2026

🎨✨ CCMAC, Hawaiʻi Sea Grant & Capitol Modern are proud to introduce the 2026 cohort of Climate Action Artists! 🌿🎭

We are delighted to announce that we have selected five artists for the second edition of the Climate Action Artists Residency in 2026. 🥳🖌️ We were once again overwhelmed with the positive response and the quality of applications from the artistic community in Hawaiʻi. 🌺 Applications reached 65 strong this year, and through a committee made up of artists, scientists, and curators, the following artists have been selected as part of this year’s cohort: 👏👩‍🎨🧑‍🔬

Meet Jana Ireijo, from O‘ahu, whose ephemeral, vanishing murals made from wildfire charcoal and local water depict images of endangered species in the changing landscape. 🖼️🔥💧

The artists will be collaborating with climate action practitioners working in each of the counties where they reside to connect directly with projects on the ground. 🤝🌱 The finished artworks will be exhibited at Capitol Modern, the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum in Honolulu, in the Spring of 2027! 🏛️🎨

More info here: https://climate.hawaii.gov/art/





📢 Please join us for a community town hall with Hawaiian Electric on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, to address recent po...
09/22/2026

📢 Please join us for a community town hall with Hawaiian Electric on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, to address recent power outages and flickering lights experienced by residents in East Honolulu! ⚡💡

Join Hawaiian Electric for an opportunity to talk story with your neighbors and our Hawaiian Electric team. 🤙🤝 Learn about the work underway to strengthen the resilience and reliability of our electric system and hear how these efforts are helping to support your community. 🏗️🔋 Hawaiian Electric representatives will also share insights from the recent Hurricane Lala response 🌀, discuss the factors that contributed to area outages, and answer questions about ongoing improvements designed to better serve residents in the future. 🗣️❓

HOSTED BY: 🏛️
• State Representative Mark J. Hashem
• State Senator Stanley Chang
• City Council Chair Tommy Waters

GUEST PRESENTERS: 🎙️
Hawaiian Electric Representatives:
• Jim Alberts, Senior Vice President & Chief Operations Officer
• Shari Ishikawa, Vice President of Energy Delivery
• Kurt Tsue, Director of Community Affairs

Link to Hawaiian Electric community events calendar: https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/community-and-education/our-community/community-events/2026-upcoming-events




⚡️ What will it take to protect Hawaiʻi’s power grids from wildfires, hurricanes, and other disasters?🔥🌀🌧️🌪️ 36% of U.S....
09/22/2026

⚡️ What will it take to protect Hawaiʻi’s power grids from wildfires, hurricanes, and other disasters?🔥🌀🌧️

🌪️ 36% of U.S. power outages (2015–2023) were weather-related, and those outages have nearly doubled in recent years.

What role do microgrids play?

🔋Microgrids are local networks that can operate independently during outages 💡

They keep hospitals, shelters, and homes powered, even when the main grid goes down! 🏥🏫🏠

📊 New research shows that microgrids for vulnerable communities mean:

💸 16% lower system costs!
🏡 14% more household bill savings!
💪 60% improved resilience!

What does this mean for Hawaiʻi?

💰 Hawaiʻi just secured $18.5M in federal funds for 5 energy resilience projects, including 5 microgrids (Critical Customer Hubs) to keep West Maui and Windward Oʻahu powered during future outages!

🚨 Stay safe and resilient during outages:

⚠️ Never touch downed power lines

🚫🔥 Don’t use water on electric fires

🌞 If your solar system is damaged, don’t touch PV panels

⚡️ If evacuating your home, turn off the power at the main circuit breaker

🔗 Learn more about microgrids, Hawaiʻi's energy planning, and how you can stay resilient 👇👇

Resilient Microgrid Planning for Socially Vulnerable Communities 🌐
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261926000863

Hawaiʻi's upcoming grid resilience plans 📝
https://governor.hawaii.gov/main/hawaiʻi-to-receive-18-5m-to-fund-grid-resilience-and-hazard-mitigation-projects/

Hawaiian Electric's electrical safety tips 💡
https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/documents/safety_and_outages/storm_center/emergency_preparedness_checklist.pdf





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