July 17, 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told Hawaii that two beaches in the state are significantly polluted by plastics and must be listed as impaired waters, reversing an earlier approval of the state's findings that were challenged by environmental groups.
April 02, 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked Hawaii to take a second look at coastal waters the state reported were free of plastic pollution, saying it failed to gather and evaluate all the relevant data that would prove such a conclusion.
February 06, 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Hawaii is properly addressing plastic pollution in its coastal waters, environmentalists said in a new lawsuit filed Wednesday.