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.
Hu Honua: Fourteen Facts You Should Know; and more
Hawaii’s Public Utility Commission is scheduled to render a decision on Hu Honua before June 30th, a decision that will likely set the course for this now idle power plant’s unsustainable and uneconomic future. BeyondKona has provided our readers in depth coverage and expert analysis on Hu Honua; spanning three years and 17 articles (available […]
Great Barrier Reef, Widespread Bleaching; Again
“What is most concerning is that this widespread bleaching is happening during a La Niña weather event, which is normally characterised by rain and cloud cover on the east coast of Australia often helping to cool waters. It shows the consistent pressure our reef is now under from global heating.” Dead coral found at Great […]
The Perfect Storm – Part 2
Oil and gas companies are looking at a bonanza from the Ukraine war Oil and gas companies see new profits and a stay of execution from the Ukraine war. Few in the industry want to admit it, but many fossil fuel interests are leveraging the current supply disruptions created by Russian embargos as the perfect […]
First Covid, Now Inflation and the Risk of Recession
Analysis – The outlook for the U.S. economy, and by extension Hawaii, may have just darkened. Just as we were told we can drop our masks, planes began arriving again full with tourists, and large floating white petri dishes full of tourists arriving off our island shores signaled things were gearing up for a 2019 […]