Group outlines spending plan for new climate change tax

Group outlines spending plan for new climate change tax

The new Green Fee Advisory Council had to choose from among more than $2 billion worth of funding requests to help Hawaii respond to climate change, but will only have $100 million or so annually to recommend through the first statewide tax of its kind in the country, which has been collecting revenue since Jan. 1. The Council received over 600 requests in all from government departments and agencies, community groups and nonprofit organizations…