“The President's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement harms our island state most of all. Local progress replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy has already saved Hawaii a third of a billion dollars and reduced carbon emissions,” said Representative Chris Lee (D-51, Kailua, Waimanalo), chair of the House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee. “However, undermining action addressing climate change elsewhere means accelerating global warming and sea level rise that will more quickly erode our beaches, endanger coastal communities, diminish our fresh water supply, and expose our families to stronger and more frequent hurricanes at great cost to our people and way of life in the islands.
“We are currently working together with elected leaders in
nearly a dozen other states such as California, Oregon, Washington, New York,
and Minnesota to implement climate action plans that replace fossil fuels with
renewable energy despite the President's shortsighted decision.”
At the close of the 2017 legislative session Hawaii also
passed House
Concurrent Resolution 113 calling on all states and the federal government
to take action and replace fossil fuels with renewable energy, as well as House
Bill 1578, which establishes a process for local farmers to receive carbon
credit dollars for agricultural practices that sequester carbon dioxide, and Senate
Bill 599, which doubles down on Hawaii's commitment to coordinate state and
county efforts to address climate change.
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