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.
Hawaii’s Dirty Little Secret
The EPA defines “Cesspools” as basically underground holes used for the disposal of human waste — which collect and discharge untreated raw sewage into the ground, where disease-causing pathogens and harmful chemicals can contaminate groundwater, streams and the ocean. There are approximately 88,000 cesspools in the State, with nearly 50,000 located on the Big Island, and […]
Puna Geothermal Venture
PGV is the first and only commercially-productive geothermal electrical plant in Hawaii. Constructed on a site adjacent to failed experimental wells drilled and operated by the Hawaii Geothermal Project in the 1970s and 80s, construction on the generating facility began in 1989 and was completed in 1993. Prior to 2018 Kilauea eruption and subsequent lava […]
Hawai`i Mainstream Media; a megaphone for Hu Honua Narrative
Hu Honua History Lesson Hu Honua proposed burning trees to generate electricity to be sold to Hawai`i Electric Light Company (HELCO) in 2008. The Public Utilities Commission issued HELCO a waiver from competitive bidding for the project in 2008 and approved the HELCO-Hu Honua contract in 2013. Hu Honua failed to meet milestones. HELCO terminated […]
Hawaii Climate News – May 2021
Climate change presents Hawaii and mid-Pacific Islands with a set of unique challenges including: rising temperatures, sea-level rise, contamination of freshwater resources with saltwater, coastal erosion, an increase in extreme weather events, coral reef bleaching, and ocean acidification. Hawaii’s marine coral systems were significantly damaged during an unprecedented warming event of 2015-16, which killed off […]