The EPA just walked back Hawai‘i’s plan to retire its dinosaur power plants

The EPA just walked back Hawai‘i’s plan to retire its dinosaur power plants

Hawaiʻi has some of the freshest air in the nation, but in some parts of the state hazy skies can impact tourism and public health.  Now, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has pumped the brakes on a multi-decade effort to improve visibility and reduce fine particulates and other man-made pollutants. On May 15, the agency announced it had partially denied Hawaiʻi’s 2024 Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, a detailed proposal that lays…