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1		-	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 181 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 ~~H.D. 1~~ STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE THE CARBON EMISSIONS ARISING FROM AIRPLANE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE STATE.
	1	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 181 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE THE CARBON EMISSIONS ARISING FROM AIRPLANE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE STATE.
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37	37		URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE THE CARBON EMISSIONS ARISING FROM AIRPLANE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE STATE.
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	43	+	WHEREAS, the Hawaiian islands are the most remote inhabited archipelago from any continental land mass, to and from which air transportation is the only means of rapid travel; and WHEREAS, a Honolulu Civil Beat article written by Stewart Yerton and published on August 27, 2019, states that airplane flights between the State and the western continental United States produced 2.3 million tons of carbon in 2017, while all global flights to or from the State totaled 6.3 million tons of carbon during the same year; and WHEREAS, a presentation at the Hawaiʻi Tourism Futures Colloquium by University of Hawaiʻi researcher Andrei Shkvorov added water vapor, particulates, and nitrogen oxides to Yerton's analysis and thus determined that the annual carbon contribution of visitors entering and leaving the State is 24.6 million tons yearly; and WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has calculated that each individual must remain within a yearly "carbon budget" of 2.7 tons, in order to keep human-made global warming below 1.75 degrees Celsius and reach zero net emissions by 2050; and WHEREAS, a paper written by Tawn Keeney, MD, and published in October 2020 in the Climate Emergency Digest, an online journal, found that the average round-trip flight to the State creates 1.8 tons of carbon emissions, which is two thirds of a person's 2.7-ton annual carbon budget; and WHEREAS, multiple possibilities exist to address carbon emissions caused by air travel to and from the State, which include but are not limited to offsetting the carbon contributions from visitors, adjusting the number of visitors coming to the State, and requiring airlines operating in the State to use technology which has a lower carbon output; and WHEREAS, some governmental action to curb emissions from airplane travel requires legislative instruction, while other governmental action to curb such emissions can be taken by departments and agencies without the need for legislative instruction; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources are urged to take action to reduce the carbon emissions arising from airplane transportation to and from the State; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources are urged to develop a set of legislative proposals, whether in coordination with each other or independently, and submit this set of proposals to the Legislature and Governor, forty days or more prior to the beginning of the Regular Session of 2025; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources are requested to consult scientific research which has already been published when taking action to reduce emissions and when developing their set of legislative proposals; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health, Director of Transportation, and Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: Department of Health, Department of Transportation, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Emissions, Airplanes
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45		-	WHEREAS, because the Hawaiian islands are the most remote inhabited archipelago from any continental land mass, air transportation is the only means of rapid travel to and from the islands; and WHEREAS, a 2019 Honolulu Civil Beat article written by Stewart Yerton states that airplane flights between the State and the western continental United States produced 2.3 million tons of carbon in 2017, while all global flights to or from the State totaled 6.3 million tons of carbon during the same year; and WHEREAS, a presentation at the Hawaiʻi Tourism Futures Colloquium by University of Hawaiʻi researcher Andrei Shkvorov added water vapor, particulates, and nitrogen oxides to the totals provided in Yerton's article and determined that the annual carbon contribution of visitors entering and leaving the State is 24.6 million tons yearly; and WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has calculated that each individual must remain within a yearly "carbon budget" of 2.7 tons in order to keep human-made global warming below 1.75 degrees Celsius and reach zero net emissions by 2050; and WHEREAS, a 2020 paper written by Tawn Keeney, MD, in the Climate Emergency Digest found that the average round trip flight to and from the State creates 1.8 tons of carbon emissions, which is two thirds of a person's 2.7-ton annual carbon budget; and WHEREAS, multiple possibilities exist to address carbon emissions caused by air travel to and from the State, which include but are not limited to offsetting the carbon contributions from visitors, adjusting the number of visitors coming to the State, and requiring airlines operating in the State to use technology which has a lower carbon output; and WHEREAS, some governmental action to curb emissions from airplane travel requires legislative action, while other governmental action to curb emissions can be taken by departments and agencies without the need for legislative action; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources are urged to take action to reduce the carbon emissions arising from airplane transportation to and from the State; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources are urged to develop legislative proposals, whether in coordination or independently, and submit their proposals to the Legislature and Governor, no later than forty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources are requested to consult the most current published scientific research when taking action to reduce emissions and when developing their legislative proposals; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health, Director of Transportation, and Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Report Title: Department of Health, Department of Transportation, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Emissions, Airplanes
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47		-	WHEREAS, because the Hawaiian islands are the most remote inhabited archipelago from any continental land mass, air transportation is the only means of rapid travel to and from the islands; and
	45	+	WHEREAS, the Hawaiian islands are the most remote inhabited archipelago from any continental land mass, to and from which air transportation is the only means of rapid travel; and
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51		-	WHEREAS, a ~~2019~~ Honolulu Civil Beat article written by Stewart Yerton states that airplane flights between the State and the western continental United States produced 2.3 million tons of carbon in 2017, while all global flights to or from the State totaled 6.3 million tons of carbon during the same year; and
	49	+	WHEREAS, a Honolulu Civil Beat article written by Stewart Yerton and published on August 27, 2019, states that airplane flights between the State and the western continental United States produced 2.3 million tons of carbon in 2017, while all global flights to or from the State totaled 6.3 million tons of carbon during the same year; and
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55		-	WHEREAS, a presentation at the Hawaiʻi Tourism Futures Colloquium by University of Hawaiʻi researcher Andrei Shkvorov added water vapor, particulates, and nitrogen oxides to ~~the totals provided in~~ Yerton's ~~article~~ and determined that the annual carbon contribution of visitors entering and leaving the State is 24.6 million tons yearly; and
	53	+	WHEREAS, a presentation at the Hawaiʻi Tourism Futures Colloquium by University of Hawaiʻi researcher Andrei Shkvorov added water vapor, particulates, and nitrogen oxides to Yerton's analysis and thus determined that the annual carbon contribution of visitors entering and leaving the State is 24.6 million tons yearly; and
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59		-	WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has calculated that each individual must remain within a yearly "carbon budget" of 2.7 tons in order to keep human-made global warming below 1.75 degrees Celsius and reach zero net emissions by 2050; and
	57	+	WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has calculated that each individual must remain within a yearly "carbon budget" of 2.7 tons, in order to keep human-made global warming below 1.75 degrees Celsius and reach zero net emissions by 2050; and
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63		-	WHEREAS, a ~~2020~~ paper written by Tawn Keeney, MD, in the Climate Emergency Digest found that the average round trip flight to ~~and from~~ the State creates 1.8 tons of carbon emissions, which is two thirds of a person's 2.7-ton annual carbon budget; and
	61	+	WHEREAS, a paper written by Tawn Keeney, MD, and published in October 2020 in the Climate Emergency Digest, an online journal, found that the average round-trip flight to the State creates 1.8 tons of carbon emissions, which is two thirds of a person's 2.7-ton annual carbon budget; and
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67	65		WHEREAS, multiple possibilities exist to address carbon emissions caused by air travel to and from the State, which include but are not limited to offsetting the carbon contributions from visitors, adjusting the number of visitors coming to the State, and requiring airlines operating in the State to use technology which has a lower carbon output; and
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71		-	WHEREAS, some governmental action to curb emissions from airplane travel requires legislative ~~action~~, while other governmental action to curb emissions can be taken by departments and agencies without the need for legislative ~~action~~; now, therefore,
	69	+	WHEREAS, some governmental action to curb emissions from airplane travel requires legislative instruction, while other governmental action to curb such emissions can be taken by departments and agencies without the need for legislative instruction; now, therefore,
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75	73		BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources are urged to take action to reduce the carbon emissions arising from airplane transportation to and from the State; and
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79		-	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources are urged to develop legislative proposals, whether in coordination or independently, and submit ~~their~~ proposals to the Legislature and Governor, ~~no later than~~ forty days prior to the ~~convening~~ of the Regular Session of 2025; and
	77	+	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources are urged to develop a set of legislative proposals, whether in coordination with each other or independently, and submit this set of proposals to the Legislature and Governor, forty days or more prior to the beginning of the Regular Session of 2025; and
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83		-	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources are requested to consult ~~the most current published~~ scientific research when taking action to reduce emissions and when developing their legislative proposals; and
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87	85		BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health, Director of Transportation, and Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
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