On Maui, the budget includes the addition of $6.1 million in general funds in FY24 and FY25 for the Maui Axis Deer program; $1.1 million in FY25 for six months of funding to support new housing at the Maui Community Correctional Center; and the addition of three permanent positions and $98,500 in FY24 and $200,250 in FY25 for UH Maui College’s health center.
Energy cost savings for tens of thousands of local families. Less carbon pollution. Thousands of new living-wage jobs. More resilient communities powered by solar energy plus battery storage.
In Hawaii and worldwide, funding to reduce emission of greenhouse gases and to prepare for global environmental changes such as sea-level rise and changed weather patterns caused by global warming is far too limited.