State’s transport department given a 2045 deadline to fully decarbonize and achieve zero emissions under agreement
Hawaii officials have announced a “groundbreaking” legal settlement with a group of young climate activists, which they said will force the state’s department of transportation to move more aggressively towards a zero-emission transportation system.
“You have a constitutional right to fight for life-sustaining climate policy and you have mobilized our people in this case,” Josh Green, the Hawaii governor, told the 13 young plantiffs in the case, saying he hoped the settlement would inspire similar action across the country.
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IMAGE: People hold hands during a community paddle out for those affected by the Maui fires in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 19 August 2023. Photograph: Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images