CFChip Fletcher

1. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · By Chip Fletcher and Phil Thompson

   Column: Don’t erode Hawaii’s sea-level protections | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens the original)

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   Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Recent Island Voices columns argued that because the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is moving away from the high-emissions RCP8.5 scenario, Hawaii should relax its sea-level-rise policies (“Ding-Dong! Implausible RCP8.5 climate scenario is dead, so amend climate acts” and “Isles’ government policies on sea level rise are too strict, and should be eased,” Star-Advertiser, July 12). That argument is not just

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2. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · By Chip Fletcher

   Column: Rolling back climate scenario does not roll back risks | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens the original)

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   Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The recent decision by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to retire the high-emissions RCP8.5 scenario has prompted some to argue that the climate crisis may not be as severe as once feared. In Hawaii, that discussion has even raised questions about whether our clean energy and emissions-reduction goals should be relaxed. RCP8.5 was never a prediction; it was a scenario. Critics are correct that it a

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