Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people. ~ Paul David Wellstone

1. PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
GOVERNOR DAVID IGE – HAWAII LEGISLATURE – MAYORS
CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU, MAUI, HAWAII, KAUAI
THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS
PLANETPOLICY
ONE YEAR SINCE TRUMP'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT
By Timmons Roberts, Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development
The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC.
June 1, 2018, accessed August 8, 2018
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/planetpolicy/2018/06/01/one-year-since-trumps-withdrawal-from-the-paris-climate-agreement/
Productive avenue for action: identifying and acting against those who abetted
an active suppression of public knowledge and public policy to address the
grave risks of climate change. Between campaign contributions, public
relations and lobbying frms, think tanks, scientists- and universities-for-hire,
and the gas, petroleum, and coal industries, billions have been poured into
slowing and stopping policies adequate to solve the problem at hand.
Knowing the mechanisms of this coordinated efort is the key to understanding
why Donald Trump stood up in the Rose Garden one year ago today and made
our nation the only one in the world to reject a treaty to address what may be
the most pressing issue of our day. Understanding this same climate
misinformation apparatus is fundamental to making sense of the
announcement, the responses we are seeing and not seeing at the federal and
state levels, and what we must do now to save ourselves and our children.
We need to get back to Washington, D.C., and our state capitals to do the hard
work of making our nation a leader on the necessary transition of of fossil
fuels. In all, the federal government is increasingly MIA on dealing with this
critical issue.

2. Action will need to come at the local and state levels, and with eforts by major
corporations, small businesses, universities, hospitals, and households. Pledges
by cities and institutions to go to net zero emissions could make a big
diference, as long as they are accompanied by realistic plans and durable
resource-allocation decisions. Fortunately, the technology is fnally here that
makes this transition cheaper and easier.
ACT 032
June 8, 2017
SB559 SD1 HD2 CD1
State of Hawaii expands strategies and mechanisms to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions statewide in alignment with the principles and goals adopted
in the Paris Agreement
Senator J. Kalani English, Senator Stanley Chang, Senator Donovan Dela
Cruz, Senator Will Espero, Senator Mike Gabbard, Senator Josh Green, Senator
Kaiali‘i Kahele, Senator Gilbert Keith-Agaran, Senator Michelle Kidani, Senator
Clarence Nishihara, Senator Karl Rhodes, Senator Gil Riviere, Senator Maile
Shimabukuro, Senator Les Ihara, Senator Brian Taniguchi
ACT 033
June 8, 2017
HB1578 HD1 SD2 CD1
Establishes the Carbon Farming Task Force within the Ofce of Planning
to identify agricultural and aquacultural practices to improve soil health
and promote carbon sequestration in the State's agricultural and
aquacultural sectors
Representative Chris Lee, Representative Richard Creagan, Representative
Aaron Ling Johanson, Representative Jarrett Keohokalole, Representative Nicole
Lowen, Representative Sean Quinlan, House Speaker Scott Saiki

3. ACT 015
June 5, 2018
HB2182 HD2 SD2 CD1
Makes Hawaii carbon neutral by 2045 and establishes the Greenhouse Gas
Sequestration Task Force
Representative Chris Lee
ACT 016
June 5, 2018
HB1986 HD2 SD2 CD1
Creates a framework for a carbon ofset program that allows for carbon
credits through global carbon sequestration protocols
Representative Tye J.K. Cullen Representative Nicole Lowen,
Representative Ryan Yamane
ACT 017
June 5, 2018
HB2106 HD3 SD1 CD1
Requires a sea level rise analysis in environmental impact statements
before building projects
Representative Chris Lee
Hawaii is committed to mitigating climate change, including its
commitment to have a one hundred per cent renewable energy
portfolio by 2045
Mayors from each county of the State have pledged to end the State's
dependence on fossil fuels by eliminating fossil fuels from ground
transportation by 2045
By legally binding itself to these benchmarks, Hawaii became the frst
state in the nation to send a clear message to the world that our
citizens are determined to secure their energy future and climate
health