• More Big Wind Acrimony

    on July 12, 2011

    Star Advertiser Opinion Piece written by Jay Fidell, of ThinkTech Hawaii, a digital media company that reports on Hawaii’s tech and…

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  • Mike Bond Responds to Pattern Energy

    on July 11, 2011

    Maui Tomorrow is fostering discussion on the Big Wind Project by reprinting this article by Mike Bond of I Aloha Moloka’i: As the Pattern Energy opinion piece (Hawaii well-suited for…

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  • Draft Bill to OK Absentee Vacation Rentals

    on July 11, 2011

    TVRs will now be called “short-term rentals” –  specially permitted homes or condominiums with up to six rooms and located in districts that are not designated by the county…

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  • Pattern Energy Responds to IAM

    on July 11, 2011

    Written by David Parquet of Pattern Energy in the Star Advertiser Energy experts have shown, in numerous publicly available studies, that Big Wind can help Hawaii achieve 40…

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  • Kula Ridge Hearing

    on July 10, 2011

    The state Land Use Commission will hold a site inspection and meetings on Maui this week to review a proposed land reclassification for the Kula Ridge project. The commission will…

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  • OTEC Being Revived

    on July 10, 2011

    After a successful 1979 demonstration project using Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (exploiting ocean temperature differences to generate firm power), dropping oil prices cause interest in OTEC to wane. OTEC is…

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  • Maui County & Life of the Land Intervene in HECO Case

    on July 10, 2011

    The Public Utilities Commission granted Maui County and Life of the Land intervenor status in the review of Hawaiian Electric Co.’s proposal to charge customers for a $4 million…

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  • EPA – Shut Down Older, Dirty Coal Plants

    on July 7, 2011

    Will this impact the Pu’unene Coal fired generator? Details of new EPA regulations, released Thursday, mandate reductions in power-plant emissions. ‘Old, decrepit plants’ without pollution controls must shut down, which…

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  • Gov Hints at Big Wind Military Tie-in

    on July 7, 2011

    According to a Civil Beat article written by Robin Kaye of Friends of Lana’i: The Governor then confirmed what many on Lana’i have long feared (but which has…

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  • NRDC: Beach Water Quality Report

    on July 6, 2011

    Approximately 17% of National Beach Advisories/Closings Occur in Hawaii HONOLULU, HAWAII–  Pollution from stormwater runoff and sewage overflows continue to plague America’s beaches, contributing to 4,215 closing and advisory days in…

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