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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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Trump’s Pick for EPA Has a History of Fighting the Agency
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 7998 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....
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Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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How Many Nene do Windfarms Really Kill?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:03 PM :: 8420 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...18 Nene killed by the Kaheawa Pastures turbines with ridiculously small search areas and infrequent search intervals....
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Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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Exposed: How Windfarms Hide Millions of Bird Deaths
By Selected News Articles @ 7:19 PM :: 8371 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...these turbines are contributing to species extinction faster than any other source of energy....
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Friday, November 18, 2016 |
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Hawaii to be Stuck With Another Crackpot Project Nobody Else Wants: Floating wind farm?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 AM :: 5433 Views :: Energy
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Norwegian energy giant Statoil is mulling a floating wind farm in Hawaii, its first offshore foray in the U.S. since abandoning a test project off Maine three years ago....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016 |
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016 |
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Island Energy Completes Acquisition Of Chevron's Hawaii Assets
By News Release @ 5:59 AM :: 5003 Views :: Energy
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Island Energy Services, LLC ("Island Energy"), an entity controlled by One Rock Capital Partners, LP, yesterday completed its acquisition of Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s refining, distribution and retail assets located in Hawaii....
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Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Lower Oil Prices Benefit Hawaii Most of All
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 6903 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Expenditures on gasoline and other energy goods declined 27.4 percent in Hawaii....
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Saturday, October 29, 2016 |
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Clean Energy Fraud: Puna Geothermal Operator Settles with Feds
By News Release @ 7:55 PM :: 6098 Views :: Energy
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...submitting false applications for federal clean energy grants to which they were not entitled....
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Sunday, October 23, 2016 |
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Wind a Bigger Boondoggle than Ethanol
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 5542 Views :: Energy
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...Four large power plants could produce as much electricity as offshore wind turbines placed side by side along the entire Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida....
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Saturday, October 22, 2016 |
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HECO Touts Wholesale Solar Rates Higher than Mainland Retail Rates
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 6341 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Only 8 states have RETAIL rates higher than the 0.145 per kwh WHOLESALE rate HECO is touting here as if it were a good price for erratic electricity....
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Friday, October 21, 2016 |
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Hawaii Proves Solar Power’s Dependence on Subsidies
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 PM :: 6435 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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After Hawaii’s lucrative net metering program ended last October, the solar industry in the state lost about 450 jobs. Total employment now is just above 600....
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Thursday, October 20, 2016 |
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Time-of-Use Rates Punish Evening Consumers with 55% Rate Hike on Oahu
By News Release @ 3:32 AM :: 6812 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Here's how the rates will compare with current residential rates....
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Monday, October 10, 2016 |
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Clinton: Phony Anti-Fracking Groups are Russian Plot
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 5987 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...it turns out that Hillary Clinton confirmed this fact in a private speech to tinePublic on June 18, 2014....
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
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Fitch: GEMS are 'Outstanding' Because of Built-In Rate Hike Mechanism
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 5523 Views :: Energy
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"As homeowners default, the 'true-up mechanism' allows your electric bill to be increased to pay for the deadbeats."
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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PUC Approves ‘Time of Use’ Electric Rates
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 6841 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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TOU rates are higher during the evening when the overall electricity demand is greatest....
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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HELCO Proposes $19.3M Rate Hike, Blames Trees
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 8740 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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If approved, a typical residential bill for 500 kilowatt hours on Hawaiʽi Island would increase by $9.31 a month to $171.16....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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Efforts to Expand GEMS Loan Programs Shot Down by Consumer Advocate, PUC
By Selected News Articles @ 6:09 PM :: 6715 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...the Hawai`i Green Infrastructure Authority (HGIA), which manages GEMS, attempted in July to expand the pool of potential beneficiaries with a proposal to fund energy-saving initiatives of large corporations, with a minimum loan amount of $1 million....
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 |
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Judge Upholds Gorak for PUC
By News Release @ 12:18 AM :: 6027 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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Judge Edwin C. Nacino ruled today that Governor Ige’s appointment of Tom Gorak to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was valid....
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Monday, August 22, 2016 |
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Clean Energy: HECO Breaks Ground on New Diesel Plant
By News Release @ 7:51 PM :: 5625 Views :: Energy
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Diesel helps keep electricity expensive effectively subsidizing solar and wind scammers who contribute to the national Democrats....
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Sunday, August 21, 2016 |
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GEMS as a Target for Raiding?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7582 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Taxes
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...it is very tempting when lawmakers find a large cache of unused money....
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Monday, August 8, 2016 |
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Audit: How Hawaii VA Solar Project Delayed 21 Months
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 6293 Views :: Energy, Military
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...VA Drops Millions on Delayed Solar Power Projects....
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Thursday, August 4, 2016 |
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Why it’s so expensive to cool Hawaii’s schools
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:01 AM :: 7155 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
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...dividing the project into an AC portion and an energy portion would greatly reduce the per-classroom cost....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016 |
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Hawaii Offshore Windfarms An Expensive ‘Political Agenda’
By Selected News Articles @ 7:34 PM :: 6061 Views :: Energy
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...the Interior Department is accepting bids for offshore wind leases in two areas off the Hawaiian island of Oahu....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016 |
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Hawaiian Electric Begins Peddling Batteries
By News Release @ 7:01 PM :: 4549 Views :: Energy
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Barrons: Hawaii Only Place Anybody is Talking About Solar Battery Storage....
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016 |
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TOU Pricing: A Cool New Way to Raise Your Electric Rates
By UHERO @ 10:13 PM :: 4484 Views :: Energy
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...The proposed rates have the highest cost during the on-peak period from 5pm to 10pm....
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Saturday, July 30, 2016 |
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KIUC: 40% Renewable for 2016
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 6556 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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...on track to burn almost 10 million gallons less oil than it did in 2006....
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Saturday, July 30, 2016 |
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Hawaiian Electric: Significant Alt-Energy Projects Underway Without NextEra
By News Release @ 3:37 AM :: 4595 Views :: Energy
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...projects and initiatives by Hawaiian Electric to significantly increase its production of renewable energy by the end of the decade....
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 |
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Hot Schools: DoE Prepares for Illness and Exhaustion
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 8298 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Environment, Ethics
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... Schools could have been cooled already but DoE insiders had to reward crony contractors so the keiki will just have to suffer until next year ....
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016 |
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Hawaiian Electric Will Move Forward as an Independent Company
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 4532 Views :: Energy
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No mention of LNG in this news release....
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Monday, July 18, 2016 |
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EPA Imposes $425M in Costs on Tesoro, Parr Refineries
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 5889 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Under the settlement, the two companies will spend about $403 million to install and operate pollution control equipment....
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Monday, July 18, 2016 |
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NextEra Quits Hawaii Short $95M
By News Release @ 11:30 AM :: 4477 Views :: Energy
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NextEra Energy and Hawaiian Electric Industries announce termination of Merger Agreement....
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Monday, July 18, 2016 |
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Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment
By News Release @ 12:30 AM :: 5348 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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Morita is petitioning the court to order Gorak to state the authority under which Gorak claims to be a PUC commissioner....
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Friday, July 15, 2016 |
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PUC Rejects NextEra Deal 2-0: Gorak Abstains
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 5186 Views :: Energy
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In a 2-0 decision, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission today dismissed without prejudice....
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Friday, July 15, 2016 |
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GEMS: State Asks Cronies for $150M in Schemes
By News Release @ 9:03 PM :: 5090 Views :: Energy
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Eligible proposers include financiers, developers, equipment manufacturers, nonprofit organizations, and other clean energy industry participants....
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Friday, July 15, 2016 |
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Full Text: AG Opinion Backs Ige’s PUC Appointment
By News Release @ 8:01 PM :: 4594 Views :: Energy
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...OKs Ige to appoint (anti-NextEra) Tom Gorak on an interim basis to the Public Utilities Commission after (pro NextEra) Commissioner Mike Champley’s term expired....
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016 |
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NextEra: Kouchi Asks for Formal Opinion from Attorney General (Full Text)
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 5354 Views :: Energy
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In light of your informal opinions via letters dated June 27, 2016 and June 30, 2016, are Attorney General Opinions 73-7 and 80-4 null, void and overturned?
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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Ige Signs Cool Schools, Water Bills
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 6746 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...HB 2569 (Act 176) which aims to expedite the goals of the Department of Education to cool Hawai‘i’s schools, reduce energy costs, meet Hawai‘i’s clean energy goals....
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Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
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Ige Appoints New PUC Commissioner, Secures 2-1 Majority Against NextEra
By Andrew Walden @ 1:35 AM :: 5493 Views :: Energy
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...Iwase said he is hopeful a decision could come by next week--but not in the next two days....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 |
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HB2231: New law makes it easier to finance energy co-ops
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 6582 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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...this act allows for the use of state special purpose revenue bonds to be used to finance publicly owned energy cooperatives....
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
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Energy monitoring and management coming to 250 public schools
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 6313 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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All public elementary, middle, and high schools in the Hawaiian Electric Companies' service territory are receiving new, intelligent, energy-monitoring devices and software....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Rusting Wind Junk off Waikiki: Feds Declare Open Season
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 8033 Views :: Energy
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...a call for information and nominations to gauge the wind industry’s interest in commercial wind leases in two areas offshore Oahu....
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 |
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Rogue Systems: Top Solar Contractor Busted for Lying to Hawaii Consumers
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 6698 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...after allegedly misrepresenting information related to requirements for interconnecting solar energy systems....
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Friday, June 3, 2016 |
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HECO Customers Keep Paying On Unused $144 Million GEMS Fund
By Selected News Articles @ 5:06 PM :: 7190 Views :: Energy, Taxes
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For a short while earlier this year, it looked as though the $144 million in the state’s bond-financed Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) account might actually get used....
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Thursday, May 26, 2016 |
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Ethics: Hawaii DoT Capital Improvements Director in Bed with Parsons Brinckerhoff–Literally
By News Release @ 2:56 PM :: 9145 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Rail
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...her spouse was employed by Parsons as a Vice President and was Parsons’ principal consultant and a point of contact for 12 DOT Parsons Projects....
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Friday, May 20, 2016 |
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Floating Windfarm Electricity Costs More Than Double
By Selected News Articles @ 5:25 PM :: 4407 Views :: Energy
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Floating turbine foundations cost about eight times more than seafloor-based supports for their conventional counterparts....
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
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Hawaiian Electric: Natural Gas Can Save Ratepayers $3.7B
By News Release @ 11:17 PM :: 4534 Views :: Energy
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Over 8M barrels less oil imported annually
4M tons less greenhouse gas emissions
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Saturday, May 14, 2016 |
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When Classrooms Get Too Hot, Laie Parents Take Matters into Their Own Hands
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:48 PM :: 6365 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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Jennifer Kajiyama and Carol Feinga are part of Keep Laie Cool, an initiative working to solve the crisis of Hawaii’s hot classrooms....
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