#Environmental Court

Youth-led constitutional climate case settled with bold commitment from Hawaiʻi Transportation Department

Thirteen youth from throughout the Hawaiian Islands brought the Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation constitutional climate case in June 2022, asserting their rights to a safe and healthy climate and asking the Hawaiʻi state government to act to meet the climate emergency and enable the state’s paradigm shift to a climate-safe, zero-emissions transportation system.

Hawai’i’s Environmental Court Second in the Country

Hawai’i will have one of two Environmental Courts in the entire country, come July 1.