Appeals Court Blocks Hawaii’s Climate Change Tourist Tax on Cruise Ships

The Ninth Circuit granted an injunction pending appeals to a lower court ruling.
Appeals Court Blocks Hawaii’s Climate Change Tourist Tax on Cruise Ships
A cruise ship in Maui, Hawaii, on Oct. 6, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A federal appeals court on New Year’s Eve blocked Hawaii from enforcing a new tax on cruise ship passengers, one day before it was set to go into effect.

Two judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit imposed an injunction on the law, reversing a lower court ruling.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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