Hawai’i Today
Explore with us the current events, both global and local, that impact life in Hawai’i Today. “In depth” analysis of the challenges and potential solutions are addressed, with a focus on activating community solutions that will nurture and sustain a lifestyle unique to all who live in Hawai’i.
Pandemic Update, Hawaii and the World
First Omicron Covid Variant Case Is Detected In Hawaii The patient was not vaccinated and had no history of out-of-state travel, indicating it’s a case of community transmission. The Omicron variant confirmation comes as Hawaii has begun easing Covid-19 restrictions, the result of a statewide caseload which has largely leveled off after a surge sparked […]
Breaking News
Nov. 23, 2021 The Supreme Court will hear challenges to the EPA’s climate authority The debate over the EPA’s Clean Air Act authority has inspired a years-long legal struggle spanning multiple Democratic and Republican administrations, and with a Court now overweighed with Trump-appointed Republican judges has now turned it focus onto the EPA and […]
COP 26: What was accomplished?
In what many consider COP 26 as humanity’s moment for world leaders to correct a dangerous planetary course, national climate pledges are too weak to avoid catastrophic global warming. Most countries are on track to miss them anyway. The global effort to combat climate change boils down to this: Moving forward; or business-as usual and damn […]
Going All Electric Takes Flight, and breaks speed record
Just two months after its maiden flight, Rolls-Royce’s “Spirit of Innovation” has hit a top speed of 387.4 MPH, tentatively smashing the speed record for electric airplanes. It also claimed the top speed of 345.4 MPH over a 3 kilometer (1.86 mile) course and lowest time to a 3,000 meter (9,843 feet) altitude (202 seconds). The records […]