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Hawaii Becomes First State to Formally Adopt Paris Climate Pledge

By Lorraine Chow - Hawaii is making our planet great again in the wake of President Donald Trump's controversial announcement last week that he's pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement.

November 18th, 2016

Judge: Hawaii counties can't regulate GMOs and pesticides

By: Cathy Bussewitz - A federal judge has ruled that three Hawaii counties can't enact their own bans or regulations on genetically modified crops and pesticides, handing a victory to the major agriculture companies that fought the regulations.

March 9th, 2016

| Honolulu Civil Beat

Government Study Backs Pesticide Rules That Lawmakers Keep Rejecting

By Anita Hofschneider - Hawaii should dramatically improve its regulation of pesticide use and study its impacts â€” something the Legislature has repeatedly refused to do â€” according to a draft version of a report commissioned by the state and Kauai County.

February 11th, 2016

| Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Parents push state lawmakers for pesticide buffer zones

By Cathy Bussewitz - â€œWe do not have a choice whether or not to send our child to school next to a field that is allowed to spray restricted-use pesticides on a regular basis,â€ said Ashley Lukens, director of the Hawaii Center for Food Safety…

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