(AFP) — Mississippi officials declared a health emergency Tuesday after historic flooding damaged treatment systems and left 180,000 people in the state capital Jackson without safe drinking water. Governor Tate Reeves warned residents about the crisis and on Tuesday deployed…
HONOLULU (Eagle News) – Governor David Ige signed into law a package of bills that will advance the Aloha State’s priorities to fight climate change and to transition to a clean energy economy with a 100-percent renewable energy goal by…
By Alfred AcenasEagle News Service HONOLULU (Eagle News) – Federal, state, and county agencies launched the “Wildfire & Drought LOOKOUT!” awareness campaign during a news conference on Wednesday, June 7, at the Kamilo Nui community in Hawaii Kai, East Oahu. Hosted…
By Alfred AcenasEagle News Service HONOLULU (Eagle News) – The advocacy group Environment America released on Tuesday, April 19, its latest comprehensive survey of installed solar energy-gathering capacities and their rapid market growth among leading cities in the United States.…
(Eagle News) — Scientist say evidence clearly supports the possibility of cutting global greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030 but action needs to be taken now to make this a reality. This was announced by the Intergovernmental Panel on…
(Eagle News) — 99 percent, almost the entire global population, breathes air that exceeds the World Health Organization (WHO) air quality limits and this threatens their health. A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring…
HONOLULU (Eagle News) – The City and County of Honolulu observed World Water Day on Tuesday, March 22, by taking urgent measures, especially with a strained water supply and the responsibility to ensure water security throughout the Island of Oahu.…
HONOLULU (Eagle News) – February 1st marks the start of Hawaii Invasive Species Awareness Month (HISAM), a month-long campaign intended to raise public awareness of the impacts on the agriculture, food self-sufficiency, freshwater quality and quantity, human health as well…
By: Alfred AcenasEBC Hawaii-Pacific PEARL HARBOR (Eagle News) –There are calls for an independent investigation into the water contamination crisis in and around Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), along with fellow congressional delegates and Hawaii Governor…
By: Thomas I. LiknessEBC News Service (Eagle News) — The western Canadian province of British Columbia has declared a state of emergency as the province tries to recover from torrential rains earlier this week that caused flooding and mudslides. “This…
