Hawaii has passed legislation to increase people staying at hotels to help the islands cope with the increasing pressures ...

Hawaii lawmakers have passed a first-of-its-kind legislation that increases taxes on short-term lodging to fund environmental ...

New legislation in Hawaii would raise tourist tax rates to 11% by next year, generating revenue for climate resilience ...

Hawaii lawmakers have passed first-of-its-kind legislation that increases the state’s lodging tax. They say the increase will ...

The increased tax — dubbed “the green fee” and passed in the wake of the devastating wildfires that swept across Maui — is ...

Puerto Rico withdrew its $1 billion climate lawsuit against the oil and gas industry on Friday following the Trump ...

State lawmakers passed a bill adding a new 0.75% levy to the existing TAT and 11% tax to cruise ship passengers.

Hawaii lawmakers approved a first-of-its-kind bill on Friday that increases the state’s lodging tax to fund environmental ...

The White House has begun a new effort to sue individual states over their climate initiatives and to stop lawsuits against ...

Hawaii sued major oil companies in state court Thursday, accusing them of a “successful campaign of climate deception” that ...

Hawaii lawmakers passed on Friday first-of ... for environmental protection and strengthening defenses against climate change-fueled natural disasters. Gov. Josh Green supports the bill ...

Experts say this is the nation’s first state lodging tax that raises money for the environment and coping with climate change. Hawaii already levies a 10.25% tax on short-term rentals.