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.
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 […]
A Pyrrhic Victory for Hu Honua; Hawaii’s Supreme Court Decision
While the spin machine for Hu Honua Biomass would have you believe that a recent Hawaii Supreme Court decision was a great victory for them, that really isn’t the full story. Justice Michael Wilson in a concurring opinion for the majority makes it clear that the Public Utilities Commission may still decline a waiver from […]