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Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
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NextEra, Hawaiian Electric Clear Another Hurdle
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 4201 Views :: Energy
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...the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission confirmed the companies' view that the merger presents no likelihood of potential anticompetitive effects in Hawai'i....
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Sunday, September 6, 2015 |
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What Should We Be Asking of the HECO Merger?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4521 Views :: Energy
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...let’s look at the tax-related conditions that are being proposed....
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Saturday, September 5, 2015 |
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Drillers Unleash 'Super-Size' Natural Gas Output
By NCPA @ 10:25 AM :: 4302 Views :: Energy
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...the era of low American natural gas prices could extend for decades....
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Friday, September 4, 2015 |
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Auditor: DoTax allows $2B in Tax Credits Without Checking
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 6:55 PM :: 6798 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...in 2012, we reported that the State had issued and was responsible for reimbursing nearly $1 billion in tax credits; however, approximately three years later, we found that this obligation has nearly doubled, to almost $2 billion....
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Friday, September 4, 2015 |
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Report: Hawaii 1st in solar energy per capita
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 4772 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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Lighting the Way III: The Top States that Helped Drive America’s Solar Energy Boom in 2014....
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Friday, September 4, 2015 |
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Ward: Coop Does not Mean Lower Rates
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:28 PM :: 4237 Views :: Energy
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"The only model we have in Hawaii is Kauai Island Utility and its rates are among the highest in the State and nation."
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Friday, September 4, 2015 |
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Lawmakers Call for Exploration of Publicly Owned Utilities for Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:19 AM :: 4260 Views :: Energy
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...more than forty state and county leaders representing all islands -- including Democrats, Republicans, and Independents....
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Thursday, September 3, 2015 |
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Honolulu Recycling Plan Needs Revisions
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 4:26 AM :: 7003 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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Paper and cardboard should go to H-Power....
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015 |
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Big Solar's Subsidy Bubble
By NCPA @ 9:40 PM :: 4674 Views :: Energy
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...four Democrats from solar-rich states, have voiced concern that solar installation companies are engaging in deceptive marketing in order to attract new customers....
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 |
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Maui Hires Consultant to Study Utility Takeover Options
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 5324 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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“...options analysis of the alternative forms of ownership and the alternative utility business models for Maui County’s electric utility company....”
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 |
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Full Text: NextEra Makes its Case for Merger
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 4560 Views :: Energy
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"NextEra Energy Commits to Keeping Hawaiian Electric Locally Managed"
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Friday, August 28, 2015 |
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Moody's Downgrade: Is Ige's LNG Edict a Poison Pill Defense?
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 5024 Views :: Energy
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...Ige's LNG Edict was delivered August 24--three days after this ratings outlook from Moody's....
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Thursday, August 27, 2015 |
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Forbes: Fracking Is Our Clean Power Plan
By NCPA @ 4:17 PM :: 6739 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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The U.S. already leads the world in carbon emissions reduction thanks to the increased use of natural gas obtained through fracking....
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
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Full Text: Ige Speech Renouncing LNG
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 4586 Views :: Energy
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...if oil prices rise dramatically in the coming years, some will say why didn’t we invest in LNG....
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Saturday, August 22, 2015 |
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Federal Judge Orders EIS for Windfarms
By NCPA @ 4:19 PM :: 5833 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The judge determined that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act when it issued 30 year permits to wind-energy companies without first conducting an environmental-impact assessment....
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Friday, August 21, 2015 |
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Light Wind, Worthless Windfarms Leave Oahu at Risk for Blackouts
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 5806 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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...light winds have limited production from the two wind farms on the North Shore....
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
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Renewables Offer No Bang for Your Megawatt
By NCPA @ 1:28 PM :: 4230 Views :: Energy
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...renewables have a low capacity factor because their power sources are dependent on the elements....
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Monday, August 10, 2015 |
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State Consumer Advocate Recommends Rejecting NextEra-HECO Merger
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 4108 Views :: Energy
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Calls Purported Benefits Illusory and Inadequate....
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Thursday, August 6, 2015 |
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Public Hearings Set for NextEra Merger
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 PM :: 4574 Views :: Energy
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The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has set formal evidentiary hearings and public listening sessions on NextEra Energy Inc.’s $4.3 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Electric Co., according to public documents....
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Thursday, August 6, 2015 |
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HECO Uses Electric Vehicles to Introduce Time-of-Use Rates
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 5522 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...at home using electricity from the grid will be most expensive during peak electricity demand from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.....
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Monday, August 3, 2015 |
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Obama Announces Carbon Emission Standards for Power Plants
By News Release @ 9:24 PM :: 5150 Views :: Energy, Environment
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All low-carbon electricity generation technologies, including renewables, energy efficiency, natural gas, nuclear and carbon capture and storage, can play a role in state plans....
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Friday, July 31, 2015 |
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Study Suggest ‘Regressive’ Gas Tax Hike for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 AM :: 4546 Views :: Energy
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...an economic study for commissioned by the state recommends Hawaii raise taxes on gasoline by $.85 per gallon....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Senators Try to Separate Jones Act, Oil Export Ban
By Michael Hansen @ 11:31 PM :: 5700 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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"Century-old law looms as hurdle for exports push"
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Friday, July 24, 2015 |
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Clean Energy Fail: While Most States Clean Up, Hawaii CO2 Emissions Rise Since '08
By Andrew Walden @ 8:49 PM :: 7247 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...What matters is whether the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative is delivering the CO2 reductions which for many justify the increased expense. The answer is no.....
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
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FULL TEXT: Ige Administration Testimony Against NextEra Merger
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 4921 Views :: Energy
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“The state respectfully opposes the merger in its current form because it fails to align with the state’s renewable energy goals.”
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
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Renewables Losing Support Worldwide
By Jack Dini @ 1:35 PM :: 5061 Views :: Energy
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2015 may go down in the books as the year support for renewable energy died....
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Monday, July 20, 2015 |
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UHERO: Decoupling Socks Electric Ratepayers with Soaring Fixed Costs
By UHERO @ 9:18 PM :: 6810 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Residential customers now pay roughly $0.17/kWh for fixed costs....
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Saturday, July 18, 2015 |
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Clean Energy? Kicking Hawaii Consumers When They're Already Down
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:53 PM :: 5249 Views :: Energy, Taxes
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...fuel taxes are "highly regressive," meaning that they hurt the poor the most....
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Friday, July 17, 2015 |
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Paniolo Power to Withdraw from Merger Docket
By News Release @ 6:46 PM :: 5983 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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"...will instead concentrate on the PUC's pending Power Supply Improvement Plan (PSIP) docket, which is better suited to address transformational planning issues...."
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Friday, July 17, 2015 |
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Nearly 70K Solar Systems Approved in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:31 AM :: 5107 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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Since October, 2014 more than 15,000 applications have been approved to install or interconnect....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Electric proposes community solar pilot project
By News Release @ 10:52 AM :: 4009 Views :: Energy
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Each month, this customer will receive credit for a share of the electricity output of the community solar facility and pay a small maintenance fee, in total reducing the customer’s electric bill by about 45 percent....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Solar Scammers Hustle Homeowners on Kauai
By News Release @ 2:24 AM :: 6262 Views :: Kauai County, Energy, Ethics
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KIUC has also heard complaints from members who are now paying more for their rooftop solar than their previous electric bill....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015 |
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It's time to end net energy metering
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 AM :: 6561 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...the threat of losing NEM has led some in the PV industry down the path of hyperbole, exaggeration and self-interested fear-mongering....
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Monday, July 13, 2015 |
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Consumer Energy Expenses--Hawaii Ranks 28th
By Selected News Articles @ 7:23 PM :: 5527 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The average monthly consumption of electricity per housing unit in Louisiana is triple that in Hawaii....
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Sunday, July 12, 2015 |
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Clean Energy Equals $418M Tax Hike?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7554 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Our government is supposed to be studying how to produce clean energy, not how to milk the public!
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Thursday, July 9, 2015 |
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US Manufacturing Costs to Fall Below China
By NCPA @ 1:39 PM :: 5904 Views :: Energy, National News
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Rising wages in China and increased industrial productivity in the United States contributed to that trend, but the report cited hydraulic fracturing as the primary reason for the shift in costs....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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"Zero Emission Vehicles" Are Not Emission Free
By NCPA @ 2:25 PM :: 5843 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...electric vehicles generate a negative environmental benefit of about -0.5 cents per mile relative to comparable gasoline vehicles....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Electric Proposes Higher Solar Price Structure
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 4556 Views :: Energy
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...At the end of 2014, customers were annually shifting an estimated $53 million, an increase of $15 million over the 2013 estimated total of $38 million....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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Ige 'On National Stage' Faking It -- Touts 7 solar farms blocked by HECO, PUC
By News Release @ 4:25 AM :: 4611 Views :: Energy
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“All [of these projects] will generate energy below what we pay to generate energy using oil,” he said. (Except for one problem--they aren't going to be built.)
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Monday, June 22, 2015 |
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Ige in DC to Teach Feds How to use Green Energy Hype to Jack Up Rates, Taxes
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 4465 Views :: Energy
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...Ige will join other elected officials and business leaders for the Washington Post’s “Powering Cities” forum on Tuesday, June 23...
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Saturday, June 20, 2015 |
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$418M 'Clean Energy' Tax Hike: Fewer flights and fewer visitors to Hawaii would be expected
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 11164 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism, Cost of Living
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...it is OK that their plan would gut the tourism industry because it would also drive Hawaii's cost of living up to the point where residents could no longer afford to leave....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Escape Hatch in 100% Renewable Bill Signed into Law
By Selected News Articles @ 8:01 PM :: 4991 Views :: Energy
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...it does not specify any penalties. It also outlines broad reasons the requirements may be waived....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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NextEra Behind Bogus Windfarm Tax Credit Study
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 6646 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...federal subsidies to wind power do not create investment out of nowhere; they simply distort the relative cost of producing wind energy, shifting investments from other sectors of the economy to wind projects....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Kahuku Windfarm Draft EIS: 21 Years of Death for Shearwater, Nene, Hoary Bat and more
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 7490 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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The applicant is requesting an ITP to authorize take of one threatened and six endangered species....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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The Carbon Tax Charade
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 AM :: 5585 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Many fossil fuel producers will benefit, while the poor—and the economy—will suffer....
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Electric Shareholders Finally Approve NextEra Merger
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 4205 Views :: Energy
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...one more organ of old-boy power is dissolved into corporate America....
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015 |
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Ige Signs Bill Setting 100% Renewable Energy Goal
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 4929 Views :: Energy
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...directing the state’s utilities to generate 100 percent of their electricity sales from renewable energy resources by 2045....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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UHERO Electric Vehicle Forecast for Hawaii
By UHERO @ 2:57 PM :: 5048 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii-specific EV and car sales data to provide a preliminary forecast of potential EV adoption in Hawaii....
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