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LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY

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Suing
Fossil Fuel Companies

Passing Resolution 19-283.

So that taxpayers and businesses are not the only ones to burden the cost of combating climate change, the City and County of Honolulu is on a mission to hold fossil fuel corporations accountable
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Banning DISPOSAble

plastic on Oʻahu

HYCC and our involvement in Bill 40.

Through the lead of our Advocacy Director Dyson Chee, we played a pivotal role in one of the most comprehensive plastic bans

in the country.

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Revitalize Oʻahu's energy codes

How we worked to pass Bill 25.

Bill 25, a City and County of Honolulu bill to modernize

our building codes

for climate resiliency.

Shut down the AES Coal Plant

The last coal plant in the State of Hawaiʻi.

In order to ensure that toxic coal dust is kept out of our communities,

we are on a mission to be

coal-free by 2023.


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CODIFY THE rESILIENCE office

Passing a strong Bill 65

To ensure that the City and County

of Honolulu continues to effectively tackle the climate crisis in a just

and equitable manner, we need

to codify the Resilience Office

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ESTABLISH
A YOUTH COMMISSION

Vote YES On 2 

As a youth organization, we support the establishment of a City and County of Honolulu Youth Commission and urged voters to vote YES on ballot measure #2.

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Lower the Voting Age

The Vote16HI Coalition

As a leading organization of the Vote16HI Coalition, we recognize the intersectionality of youth rights and climate justice.

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Passing a climate action plan

Passing Resolution 21-105

We need a detailed, codified plan  to lower carbon emissions across the city. The Climate Action Plan, or Resolution 21-105, does just that.

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PROTECT OUR DRINKING WATER

Shut down the Red Hill fuel tanks

As a member of the Shut Down Red Hill Coalition, we demand that the United States Navy drain and remove the leaky tanks immediately.

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SUPPORT YOUTH
PLAINTIFFS

Navahine vs. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation

 We pledge our support for the fourteen youth plaintiffs fighting for environmental justice in Hawaiʻi's transportation systems.

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©2022 by Hawaiʻi Youth Climate Coalition.

Photo credit: Alex Kahn, Jovie Okamoto, and Will Sato

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