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Committees amend SB 2373 to shift marine carbon methodology work to DLNR
Senate Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs (joint hearing with AEN) · February 13, 2026
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Summary
SB 2373, establishing a state goal to strengthen nature-based carbon reduction, was amended to remove the Hawaii State Energy Office from responsibility for marine carbon sequestration methodologies and to authorize DLNR to evaluate and develop marine ecosystem restoration methodologies. The measure passed with amendments.
The Senate committees considered SB 2373, a bill directing state agencies to identify opportunities for investing in nature-based carbon-reduction solutions and authorizing the Hawaii State Energy Office to develop methodologies to quantify carbon…
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