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Maui Tomorrow Viewpoint on NextEra
Proposed Merger of NextEra and Hawaiian Electric Companies Maui’s People Need an Electric Utility that will Represent the Public Interest The Maui Tomorrow Foundation is focused on creating a better and more sustainable future for Maui. We are pleased that the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has chosen to start their public listening sessions regarding the proposed NextEra/HEI merger this […]
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The Guardian reports birth defect problems in Hawai’i
The Guardian reports that local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth defects and illnesses
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Protecting Agricultural Lands
Slide show talking about agricultural land protection in relation to community plans, zoning and the State Land Use Commission.
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New battery cheaper and smaller
Elon Musk introduced lithium-ion battery named Powerwall – a wall-mounted energy storage unit that can hold 10 kilowatt hours of electric energy, and deliver it at an average of 2 kilowatts, all for US$3,500. This halves the normal cost of a backup battery for a solar or wind installation making it both easier to go off […]
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Farmers Union: Protecting Ag Lands
From the Farmers Union: I would like to invite you all to attend the Mauna Kahalawai Chapter, Maui Farmers Union Meeting (At the Maui Tropical Plantation) on August 20th from 7:00 -8:30 p.m.– where we have put together a Community Educational Seminar on: PROTECTING AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN PERPETUITY. This type of information in invaluable to […]
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Let’s not waste Wastewater
Irene Bowie, former Director of Maui Tomorrow talks about the disadvantages of disposing wastewater into injection wells compared to treating and re-using the water.
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Maui Tomorrow Testimony on Lana’i Community Plan
To: Chair Don Couch and Committee Members, Planning Committee Maui County Council pc.committee@mauicounty.us From: Albert Perez, Executive Director Maui Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. Re: PC-11, Lana`i Community Plan Update June 22, 2015 Maui Tomorrow is opposed to the following proposed new language in the Lana`i Community Plan: “Community plan land use designations are not regulatory unless […]
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Save Our Community Plans
ALERT!!! Our Community Plans Are STILL Under Attack. The changes are starting on Lana`i, but may affect us all, if they spread to every community plan. New language has been inserted in the Lana`i Community Plan that was NEVER discussed in over a year of public deliberations. This language would gut the Community Plan’s land […]
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Dick Mayer’s Testimony on PC-021
UPDATE: On June 18, 2015 this bill was deferred. TO: Chair, Donald Couch and members, Maui County Council Planning Committee FROM: Dick Mayer RE: PC-21 – Statement of Opposition June 18, 2015 A.1 Today’s Agenda has a “proposed bill” that may violate the land-use ordinance process A.2 COUNTY CHARTER Section 8-8.6 #2 Very specific on […]
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PATH asks for support in opening Haleakala Trail
This is from PATH who recently sued to prevent DLNR from closing a public trail. Please read today’s Star-Advertiser editorial (below) about DLNR’s failure to act after PATH won ownership of Haleakala Trail, especially the Star’s concluding paragraph: “From mauka to makai, Hawaii’s people deserve broad access to public lands. The DLNR should devote more […]
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