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Hawaii's governor signs new hotel tax legislation to help cope with climate change
Hawaii's governor signed legislation Tuesday that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to ...
Hawaii introduces tourist tax for people visiting state
Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the tax "ensures that visitors who come to Hawai'i are making an investment in Hawai'i's ...
Hawaii enacts ‘green fee’ on tourists to raise $100M annually for climate, ecology protection
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, has signed into law a “Green Fee” bill that will raise tourist taxes to help fund ...
Hawaii becomes first US state to charge 'Green Fee' on tourists
Hawaii became the first U.S. state to establish a climate impact fee on Tuesday, placing an additional tax on tourists to ...
Hawaii becomes 1st state to tax tourists for climate change
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green enacted legislation on May 27 establishing the country's first tourist tax designed to fund climate ...
Hawaii to make sweeping tourism changes in bid to combat climate change
Governor Josh Green commented other states and countries will need to take similar action to address climate disasters ...
Hawaii Imposes the Nation’s First Climate Change Tax for Tourists — And It's Expected to Generate $100 Million Annually
Legislators in Hawaii are implementing a tourism tax they believe will help the state take action against climate change.
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Hawaii’s governor signs new hotel tax legislation to help cope with climate change
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 ...