The document discusses three major environmental issues facing Hawaii: water pollution, air pollution, and destruction of plants. Water pollution is caused by plastic and beach pollution. Air pollution includes emissions from Maui's disappearing views and greenhouse gases, as well as pollution from electric utilities. Native plants are being destroyed as corals are dying at popular snorkeling spots and vegetation is deteriorating.
The bottled water industry generates as much as 1.5 million pounds of bottles per year and only 13 percent of plastic bottles are actually recycled after being discarded.
Beach polluted not only by the plastic and trash, but also by the wasted water from factories industry.
Air pollution casue Maui disappeared.
In 2007, Hawaii's government had been assigned to have the greenhouse gases law. The government had to reduce emissions to 1990 level, which means government had to reduce gas emissions by 16 percent. It is very hard to reach the targets for them.
About 47 percent demand of using electricities will casue electricities pollution in Hawaii. For example, a bydrogen power plant will provide power to Hawaii citizens but also a huge destruction for Hawaii environment.
Corals as a plants that are living on the ocean. After bleaching events during 2014 to 2015, researchers found nearly 10 percent of the bay's corals had died. Nearly half of the coral was bleached at the bay.
Hawaii is home to hundreds of different plants and animals, but 130 of the states's 1360 native plant species have been extincted.
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