CCL Hawaii Presentations

CCL Hawaii members hosted or participated in many presentations on carbon cashback (carbon fee and dividend) and other climate topics focused on emissions reduction and collaborative climate action

ThinkTech Hawaii Code Green - Youths Take Climate Action

Please support our youth.  Howard Wiig had four of the CCL youth on his Code Green show to talk about how climate change is affecting them and what actions they're taking to address it.  To support them, please watch and like this episode.  Mahalo.

The show aired on September 26, 2023

Top HECA 2023 Legislation (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)

Legislation for a Change. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Matthew Geyer.

Hawaii Environmental Change Agents’ mission and its task force’s top bills everyone can take action on.

The show aired on March 2, 2023

Hawaii Public Radio - The Conversation - Interview by Savannah Harriman-Pote - Youth climate action enthusiasts prepare to make their voices heard on December 1, 2022

Perruso is one of the lawmakers who will participate in the student-organized Climate Future Forum this Saturday at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol.

She’s no stranger to the political interests of young people — she taught high school social studies for decades before she became a representative.

“I've worked with young people my whole life. That has been my life,” said Perruso. “The moment of COVID was a break in what I saw working with young people in politics.

Audrey Lin, a sophomore at ʻIolani School and one of the organizers of Saturday’s Climate Future Forum knows that firsthand. Like many of her fellow students, she turned to activism to fight feelings of powerlessness during the pandemic.

“The pandemic… was a moment of realization for me,” said Lin. “When something so invisible, such as a disease like COVID-19, just forces you to change your entire lifestyle and change the way that you communicate with people, reaching out to outlets where we can make a difference is really important.”

Fellow ʻIolani sophomore and organizer Chisato Tarui is looking forward to digging into the nitty-gritty of climate policy with lawmakers during the forum. But she understands that might not be every student's idea of a laid-back Saturday…..

Think Tech Hawaii - The State of Clean Energy with host Mitch Ewen - Environmental Whack-a-Mole

Carbon Cash-Back for the Win. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Matthew Geyer. In the next legislative session a Carbon Cashback bill will be introduced. We discuss how this legislation would help. Carbon Cashback imposes a tax on all fossil fuels imported into Hawaii. The policy would increase the barrel tax rate for each fossil fuel at the desired carbon tax rateb thereby eliminating the need for additional bureaucracy. The government collects these additional barrel tax revenues and returns them to Hawaii residents. Every adult receives the same amount regardless of income, and every minor receives a half share. The University of Hawaii has conducted two carbon tax studies that analyzed policies essentially equivalent to the carbon cashback policy described above. These studies found: 1. A state-level carbon tax set at about $50/metric ton of CO2 would reduce Hawai‘i’s cumulative GHG emissions by 10% over twenty years. 2. Tax revenues given back to households in equal shares benefits lower-income households more than proportionately.

The show aired November 28, 2022

ThinkTech Hawaii - Code Green with Howard Wiig: Young People Are VERY Concerned. Congratulations and well done to Logan, Tamara and Reina. Mahalo to Debbie for leading the discussion. The students told their climate stories, talked about climate activism and about the upcoming December 3, 2022 Climate Future Forum event Activate to Legislate. Howard Wiig was clearly delighted to have them on his show on November 22, 2022

Hawaii Environmental Change Agents is pleased to present a recording of Saturday's webinar that explored public policy strategies and opportunities that can help accelerate our transition to a more sustainable and resilient future. Panelists shared their perspectives, ideas, and actions to effect positive change on September 17, 2022.

Hawaii Public Radio - The Conversation - Interview with Dyson Chee By Savannah Harriman-Pote on September 15, 2022

The Conversation spoke with Dyson Chee, a senior at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the head of the Hawaiʻi Youth Climate Coalition, about the power of the student perspective.

Local students have ideas on climate change policy, but are they being heard?

ThinkTech Hawaii - Code Green - Keep Oil in the Ground, Period; Shift to Renewables, Earth Cooling, No Oil - Hosted by Howard Wig with guests Matt Geyer, Paul Bernstein and Noel Morin on September 13, 2022

Learn about Hawaii Environmental Change Agents (HECA), an independent, grassroots organization focused on enabling policies designed to protect and restore our environment, address climate change and enable resilience and adaptation.

CCL Hawaii Co-State Lead, Noel Morin, spoke on Think Tech Hawaii HAWAII: STATE OF CLEAN ENERGY) with Mitch Ewan. Noel and Peter Sternlicht represented Sustainable Energy Hawaii and talked about sustainably produced energy solutions on June 23, 2022