Off the news: Home stretch for Honolulu climate plan - Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Off the news: Home stretch for Honolulu climate plan | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Editorial | Off the News Off the news: Home stretch for Honolulu climate plan Today Updated 7:02 p.m. Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! After a high-profile introduction to the public in November, and solicitation of public comment, Honolulu’s first-ever climate adaptation strategy, Climate Ready O‘ahu, is up for final reading at 10 a.m. today before the City Council as Resolution 24-16. Read more Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser! You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription. Subscribe Now Read this story for free: Watch an ad or complete a survey Log In Already a subscriber? Log in now to continue reading this story. Activate Digital Account Print subscriber but without online access? Activate your Digital Account now. After a high-profile introduction to the public in November, and solicitation of public comment, Honolulu’s first-ever climate adaptation strategy, Climate Ready O‘ahu, is up for final reading at 10 a.m. today before the City Council as Resolution 24-16. Climate Ready O‘ahu will serve as a guiding policy document for Honolulu’s government, informing priorities for projects to prepare for effects of climate change and changed practices to eliminate carbon pollution, contamination of ocean waters and further degradation of island habitats. See the plan at climatereadyoahu.org; submit comments at hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/testimony. Previous Story Column: Distilled data backs push for lower BAC
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