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.
Hawaiian Electric, Operating in Hawaii’s Best Interests?
Energy Alarms Hawaii Island residents awoke to alarming news in February, and then again in March. Hawaiian Electric (aka HELCO) warned customers that the utility’s electricity services (which most County residents take for granted) would be facing rolling service blackouts and potential service disruptions of one or more hours in duration – and to be […]
Hawaii’s Ocean is Hot, and Getting Hotter
All in all, 2023 was Earth’s hottest year in over 150 years. Surrounded by Ocean, Hawaii’s climate clock is running down to zero hour faster than many realize. As it was with ancient Hawaiians, Hawaii today is fully dependent upon and linked to the ocean which surrounds it. For the past year, oceans around the world have […]
Hawaii’s Clean Energy Options; Today
Chapter One – what happened … Recently, residents and businesses of Oahu and Hawaii Island were advised of an all too familiar public message “…customers are asked to reduce electricity use.“ Just last week local news outlets led with this story and requested of Hawaii Island residents…“Hawaiian Electric is asking residential and business customers on […]
2024, Hawaii looks forward with one eye on the rearview mirror
Editorial > With Hawaii Gov. Josh Green Governor citing the growing impacts of global warming, the states’ top official acknowledged what most residents already know — that is, we are in the early stages of a growing and unstoppable climate crisis, and one which is now modifying Hawaii’s weather and the state’s climate outlook for […]