On Politics: Gov. Green scores environmental victory and political win with passage of climate tax

By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser

For Green, however, the ability to convincingly express that need for a tax increase of nearly 1% for climate mitigations was a powerful triumph.

More money is a constant plea of past governors, going back to Jack Burns.

As Green said last week in comments in a news article written about his tax increase victory, “this sets Hawaii apart in a super positive way.”

According to the reports, the tax increase could raise $100 million a year with the new money going “to prepare for impending natural disasters facing Hawaii.”

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