David Ige (D) signs two bills into law that uphold the goals of the landmark Paris climate agreement, which President Trump abandoned last week. The first, Senate bill 559, expanded strategies and mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide, a tenet of the Paris agreement. Climate Alliance, a collection of 12 states and Puerto Rico that have vowed to uphold the Paris climate agreement on the state level. In late May, the islands suffered the highest tides the state has seen in its 120 years of recording them. And the voyage of Hokule’a, with its wayfinders and message of Malama Honua, has offered the state a symbol for that renewed spirit of sustainability.

Source: Washington Post June 07, 2017 10:53 UTC