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.
Five Takeaways from Sweeping US Climate Report
“The impacts of climate change are continuing to change faster than we expected them to.” It’s increasing the urgency for both mitigating greenhouse gases and also implementing adaptation efforts to help us adapt, because we’re not slowing down [warming] anytime soon”… Kris May, Chief executive officer of Pathways Climate Institute in San Francisco. A Fifth National […]
2023 is turning out to be the hottest year ever recorded
Global sea surface temperatures broke new record highs, and Antarctic sea ice continues its unprecedented meltdown. The ‘safe’ threshold for global warming will be passed in just 6 years New research suggests we have just six years left to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and less than two decades to keep temperatures below […]
Editorial: Hawaii’s Energy Present & Future
Energy; the Big Picture Globally, oil, gas and coal benefited from $7tn in taxpayer subsidies and support in 2022 despite being the primary cause of today’s climate crisis Fossil fuels received benefited record global subsidies to the tune of $13,000,000 a minute in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund. The explicit gas and oil […]
Hydrogen Dreams; Hawaii Energy Error
Hawaii Island report; UPDATE Mayor Roth’s Hydrogen Dream Hydrogen (H2) has been on Hawaii’s energy radar for over 10 years now when in the University at Manoa released its first report to the state entitled; “Hawaii Renewable Hydrogen Program: Policy Evaluation & Recommendations.” The report was commissioned to determine gaps and barriers within the existing […]