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.
Attacks on Science and the Public Interest
What happens when the inmates run the jail, or polluters decide the enforcement role of the Environmental Protection Agency, and fossil fuel and extraction interests now rule over Interior department actions and policies? Welcome to the last 3 years. Has the EPA become the Environmental Pollution Agency? The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit […]
Editorial — 49 Reasons
Forty Nine Reasons all in a line, All of them good ones, All of them Lies … (49 Bye-Byes, CSN). The Hawaiian word for truth is ʻoiaʻiʻo. If you’re keeping score, Donald Trump has lied an average of 13 times a day since becoming president. Within the last two months the average number of lies […]
Hu Honua Update – October 2019…
Cutting Down Hawaii Island’s Forests to Burn to Make Electricity is one of Hawaii’s dumbest and costly power production ideas yet. See what we mean: https://youtu.be/-Q0xUXo2zEY The origins of Hu Honua date back to 2008, and like a malignant cancer, the Hu Honua power project proposal has been difficult to eradicate. A total absence […]
A Long Hot Summer is Over – Or Is It?
As the days wore on and spring became summer, Hawaii’s air temperatures stayed high, breaking daily records in the 90’s, island-by island, and across the state. Mid-October temperatures continue to set record highs, and the shorter solar days of fall have thus far mostly failed to fully delivery fall’s cooler temperatures — is this the […]