Letter: Tourist Industry Should Foot Climate Fee Bill | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Letter: Tourist industry should foot climate fee bill | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

I like Gov. Josh Green a lot, but I don’t like the smell and sound of an unfriendly added tax on visitors to Hawaii. There is a simple way to raise the funds that are needed: Tax the corporations — many of them owners of giant chains — for the burden that tourism imposes on the state. And if anyone needs to stand up for the environment in Hawaii, it’s those who live in Hawaii year-round.

Hawaii will now charge visitors a ‘climate impact fee’ to raise $100M annually to fund ‘climate change’ projects

Democrat Governor of Hawaii, Josh Green, has officially signed the first climate change tax in the U.S. into law. Labeled a “green fee,” the tax will target tourists on Hawaii Island, requiring the…

Hawaii enacts ‘green fee’ on tourists to raise $100M annually for climate, ecology protection

Tourists will pay more to fund climate mitigation and environmental conservation in the Aloha State.

GARBAGE: Hawaii Passes New Legislation Establishing Nation's First 'Climate Change' Tax For Tourists * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green signed legislation establishing the nation’s first tax on tourists related to climate change. The first-of-its-kind ‘green fee’ incorporates a tax on hotel room and vacation rental stays to fund climate change projects. “It’s important so people see that where we have shoreline erosion near hotels, we’re able to protect these incredible assets,“ Green said, according to Hawaii News Now. ”Where we have people being displace…

A popular holiday island increases the tourist tax. The additional income should benefit the climate protection. But not all are enthusiastic.

Will Hawaii’s New $100M Climate Fee From Tourists Actually Fix Anything?

This $100 million tourist fee may shape the future of Hawaii. Will it rebuild trust—or just become another charge with nothing to show for it?