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First-of-its-kind Hawaii bill raises tourist taxes to fund climate relief | Hawaii newsthirst.

Lawmakers in Hawaii have passed first-of-its-kind legislation that will increase the state’s lodging tax to raise money for environmental protection and strengthening defenses against natural disasters fueled by the climate crisis. Hawaii’s governor, Josh Green, supports the creation of the so-called “green fee”, and is expected to sign it. “This legislation, which I intend to…

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Tropical Cyclone Errol likely to form off north coast of Western Australia this weekend | Australia weather newsthirst.

A cyclone is likely to form off the northern coast of Western Australia this weekend, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has warned, as south-east Australia prepares for unseasonably warm weather. The bureau on Saturday morning issued a warning that a tropical low in the Timor Sea north-west of Darwin was moving south-west and was expected…

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