STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1868-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: S.C.R. No. 106
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 106, S.D. 1, entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO TAKE ANY ACTION POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE CARBON EMISSIONS ARISING FROM AIRPLANE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE STATE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to urge the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Department of Land and Natural Resources to take any action possible to reduce the carbon emissions arising from airplane transportation to and from the State.
Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawai‘i
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission and Hawaiian Airlines.
Your Committee finds
that the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that
each individual must remain within a yearly "carbon budget" of 2.7
tons in order to keep human-made global warning below 1.7 degrees Celsius and
reach zero net emissions by 2050. Your
Committee further finds that the average round trip flight to and from the
State creates 1.8 tons of carbon emissions, which is approximately two-thirds
of a person's 2.7-ton annual carbon budget.
Your Committee believes that research into sustainable aviation fuel and
other decarbonization measures for air travel may lead to actionable
recommendations that can be adopted by the State to reduce the environmental
cost of travel to and from the islands.
Your
Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive
amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 106, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 106, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,
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____________________________ CHRIS TODD, Chair |
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