Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the tax "ensures that visitors who come to Hawai'i are making an investment in Hawai'i's future." ...

Hawaii signed a new green fee law, becoming the first state to address climate change through a tourism tax. They need to ...

Hawaii's governor signed legislation Tuesday that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to ...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, has signed into law a “Green Fee” bill that will raise tourist taxes to help fund ...

Hawaii: Act 96 will impose a “green tax” on tourists to safeguard Hawai‘i’s natural ecosystems from the growing impacts of ...

Hawaii became the first U.S. state to establish a climate impact fee on Tuesday, placing an additional tax on tourists to ...

The new fee, which will go into effect at the start of 2026, is intended to raise money to improve climate-change resilience ...

Governor Josh Green commented other states and countries will need to take similar action to address climate disasters ...

Governor Josh Green, M.D., announced on Good Morning Hawaii, his plans to veto House Bill 796, which would have eliminated ...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green enacted legislation on May 27 establishing the country's first tourist tax designed to fund climate ...

A holiday destination that welcomes millions of tourists annually has introduced a new tax in a bid to help the island ...

Green said the industry looked at “the greater good” for tourism, Hawaii and the planet. Green initially proposed a bill that would put revenue from the tax increase into a dedicated fund ...