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Hawaiʻi is the first state to establish a goal of carbon neutrality by 2045. (Matt Mallams for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 25, 2019

Hawai‘i Gas Boiling Against Landmark Decision on Solar Water Heaters

Fossil fuel company belatedly seeks to intervene in environmental court case

Solar panels on the roof of the parking garage at Kapiolani Medical Center in O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. (Matt Mallams for Earthjustice)
case: Victory February 24, 2019

Defending Hawai‘i’s Solar Water Heater Mandate

Hawai’i’s solar water heater mandate requires all new single-family residences constructed on or after January 1, 2010, to be built with solar water heater systems, while allowing certain “variances,” including one for fossil-fueled gas water heaters. But in 2019, the State Energy Office of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism was discovered to…

Hawaiʻi is the first state to establish a goal of carbon neutrality by 2045. (Matt Mallams for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory February 6, 2019

Court Upholds Hawaiʻi’s Solar Water Heater Mandate

State Energy Office wrong to rubberstamp gas variance requests