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Entries for 'UHERO'
Thursday, February 11, 2016 |
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UHERO: Recent Trends in Hawaii's Green Economy: Agriculture, Energy and Natural Resource Management
By UHERO @ 5:55 PM :: 7980 Views :: Energy, Agriculture, Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...three sectors that are key to future sustainability in Hawai‘i - energy, agriculture and natural resource management....
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Sunday, January 31, 2016 |
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UHERO: New Perspectives on Land and Housing Markets in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 12:03 AM :: 3620 Views
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...Honolulu’s inflation-adjusted land and housing prices have been highly volatile in the medium term since the 1960s....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 |
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UHERO: Status Update on Federal GHG Emissions Reduction Policy for Hawaii
By UHERO @ 6:16 PM :: 4496 Views :: Energy
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Under the CPP, states have been given the choice of meeting either a rate- or mass-based goal for their existing fleet of power plants....
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Friday, December 11, 2015 |
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UHERO Hawaii Forecast: Expansion Will Continue, Despite Global Challenges
By UHERO @ 2:36 PM :: 4451 Views :: Economy
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Next year will see some easing of visitor growth....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Gauging Home Affordability: The Challenge
By UHERO @ 12:02 AM :: 4355 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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At a time of dwindling inventory and rising prices, housing affordability has once again become a hot topic in Hawaii....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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UHERO: Research Driven Energy Policy
By UHERO @ 8:59 PM :: 4347 Views :: Energy
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Take, for example, public discussion surrounding the potential merger of HECO and NextEra....
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Sunday, October 25, 2015 |
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Does PV Add Home Value?
By UHERO @ 1:15 PM :: 4473 Views :: Energy
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...PV already installed on a home is worth about $4,000 more than the median value of a PV permit....
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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UHERO: Tourism, Construction Lead Economy
By UHERO @ 4:41 PM :: 6530 Views :: Economy, Rail, Tourism
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Tourism is pushing toward new records, and the construction upswing is building in strength....
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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 :: 6818 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Residential customers now pay roughly $0.17/kWh for fixed costs....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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UHERO: Neighbor Island Tourism Still Has Room to Grow
By UHERO @ 3:08 PM :: 5631 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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Tourism will see additional healthy gains on the Neighbor Islands for the next two years, before rising occupancy and costs begin to bring down growth rates, something that has already occurred on Oahu....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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UHERO Electric Vehicle Forecast for Hawaii
By UHERO @ 2:57 PM :: 5058 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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Thursday, May 7, 2015 |
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Kilauea Largest Source of SO2 Pollution in USA
By UHERO @ 2:19 AM :: 7237 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Using Vog from Kilauea to Estimate the Health Consequences of Particulate and SO2 Pollution....
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Friday, March 27, 2015 |
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UHERO: Despite Kakaako, Residential building permits fell last year
By UHERO @ 11:03 PM :: 9299 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Rail
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...Assuming affirmative resolution of ongoing entitlement battles for Hoopili and Koa Ridge, single-family building will begin to pick up over the next two years....
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
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UHERO: Economic Impact of NELHA
By UHERO @ 12:40 PM :: 6252 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Economy, Small Business
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NELHA currently accommodates 37 tenants ranging from companies bottling deep sea water to solar and biofuel companies....
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Friday, February 27, 2015 |
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UHERO: Economy in 2015 will look a lot like 2014
By UHERO @ 2:34 PM :: 4609 Views :: Economy
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...not all damage from the past recession has been repaired....
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Saturday, February 7, 2015 |
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Creating "Paradise of the Pacific": How Tourism Began in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 4:59 AM :: 6586 Views :: Hawaii History, Jones Act, Tourism
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...the early years of one of the most successful tourist destinations in the world, Hawaii, from about 1870 to 1940....
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Sunday, January 25, 2015 |
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Chamber of Commerce Hawaii: State of the Economy Presentation
By UHERO @ 4:25 PM :: 4312 Views :: Economy
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Carl Bonham presented this 2014 economic recap and 2015 forecast on January 20, 2015 at an event hosted by the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii....
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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Up to $1.2 Billion Electricity Savings for Hawaii After Oil Prices Plummet
By UHERO @ 11:02 AM :: 5319 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...if prices stay this low, it will take up to four months before electricity prices fully reflect the drop in oil prices....
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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Dropping Oil Prices Boost Hawaii's Economy
By UHERO @ 2:30 AM :: 5765 Views :: Energy, Economy
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The drop in crude oil prices from $112/ barrel in June of 2014 to $46/barrel today will, if sustained, provide a nice boost to Hawaii’s economy....
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Saturday, December 20, 2014 |
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Flying to Hawaii: Comparing the Cost and Frequency Across States
By UHERO @ 12:56 AM :: 5991 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...The latest installment in the UHERO dashboard project is packed with information on the cost of travel to Hawaii from the US mainland....
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Saturday, December 20, 2014 |
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The Economic Impact of Astronomy in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 12:50 AM :: 5492 Views :: Economy, Higher Education
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Including indirect and induced benefits and adjusting for inter-county feedback and spillover effects, the astronomy sector had a total impact of $167.86 million statewide....
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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UHERO: LNG Could Save Hawaii Ratepayers $800M/Year
By UHERO @ 8:18 PM :: 7815 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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...to estimate the impacts of Hawaii importing LNG for use in the electric sector....
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Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
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UHERO State Forecast Update: Hawaii's Economy In Need of An Engine
By UHERO @ 2:00 PM :: 6453 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Weak tourism and federal downsizing are holding down growth. Construction has disappointed this year....
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
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UHERO: PV Growth in Hawaii?
By UHERO @ 6:43 AM :: 4019 Views :: Energy
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Under the current rate structure, DG providers are providing “cheap” electricity while consuming “expensive” electricity....
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Friday, August 8, 2014 |
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UHERO: Stall in Tourism Slows Hawaii Economy
By UHERO @ 3:32 PM :: 5119 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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...and no other sector has yet emerged to provide offsetting stimulus....
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Friday, August 8, 2014 |
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Iniki: Years later Kauai Population, Workforce Still Suffered
By UHERO @ 1:11 AM :: 6004 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii Statistics
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...Kauai’s economy only returned to pre-Iniki levels 7-8 years after the storm....
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Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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UHERO: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Watershed Management
By UHERO @ 4:22 PM :: 3938 Views :: Environment
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The removal of and protection against “bad” and "ugly" natural capital such as invasive plants and feral animals....
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Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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Revolution of ‘54? Inequality Increases Since Statehood
By UHERO @ 4:14 PM :: 6238 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...the share of income going to the “Dominant Class” increases while the share going to the “Lower Class” decreases steadily from the mid 1950s up to the present....
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
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UHERO: Tourism Weakness Continues
By UHERO @ 4:56 AM :: 5517 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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Last year’s tourism weakness continued in the first quarter of this year, and incremental gains for 2014 will be slight....
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Friday, May 23, 2014 |
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UHERO: Natural Gas is Cheaper and Cleaner
By UHERO @ 4:51 AM :: 4084 Views :: Energy
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...HECO released an RFP in March for 800,000 tons of containerized LNG per year over 15 years, beginning in 2016 or 2017....
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
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UHERO: Managing a Grid with Green Energy
By UHERO @ 9:02 PM :: 5719 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...a windfall gain for the typically wealthy households able to take advantage of the situation....
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
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Cost Implications of GHG Regulation in Hawai‘i
By UHERO @ 8:58 PM :: 4634 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...this finding would not hold if fuel prices were substantively lower than current levels, either from falling prices or fuel-switching to lower cost products....
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Friday, April 11, 2014 |
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UHERO: The Costs and Benefits of installing PV solar
By UHERO @ 3:52 AM :: 3930 Views :: Ethics
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This calculator should help you to decide how large of a system to install and maybe help you comparison shop across solar providers....
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
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UHERO: Why are Hawai’i’s Electricity Prices So High?
By UHERO @ 4:49 PM :: 6113 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...well over two thirds of the state’s generated electricity is used by commercial businesses and industry, which factor into the prices we pay for everything else....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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UHERO Looks at Lanai, Molokai Windfarm Proposals
By UHERO @ 10:05 PM :: 3838 Views :: Energy
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...its net positive macroeconomic impacts are small....
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Hotels and Condos Drive Construction Upturn
By UHERO @ 8:36 PM :: 4218 Views :: Economy
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New condo towers in Kakaako are spurring double-digit growth in permits for residential construction. A sharp rise in commercial construction, much of it in resort areas, is on the horizon....
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Saturday, March 15, 2014 |
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UHERO: Impact of Federal PURPA Subsidies on Hawaii Alternative Energy market
By UHERO @ 6:38 AM :: 5544 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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In this policy brief, we identify the existing PURPA-based contracts in Hawai'i ....
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Friday, March 7, 2014 |
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UHERO: Is Monopoly a Barrier to Hawai’i’s Ascent?
By UHERO @ 9:02 PM :: 5298 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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In 2012 Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winning economist and Columbia University Business School Professor visited Hawaii....
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014 |
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UHERO: Climate Change Behind Push for Water Conservation
By UHERO @ 11:20 PM :: 6725 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Agriculture
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Drawdown of existing groundwater stocks is likely still decades away....
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Friday, February 28, 2014 |
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UHERO: 2013 Hawaii Growth 'Disappointing', 2014 'Marked Down'
By UHERO @ 1:10 PM :: 5395 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Our projections for 2014 growth have been marked down....
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Thursday, February 13, 2014 |
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SB2196: Barrel Tax Snatches $80M out of Consumers Pockets
By UHERO @ 8:59 PM :: 5420 Views :: Energy, Taxes
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...its major impact has been as a funding source for energy and food security initiatives....
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Sunday, February 9, 2014 |
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Is inequality actually lower in Honolulu?
By UHERO @ 8:39 PM :: 4261 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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On the 50th anniversary of the ‘War on Poverty’, poverty and income inequality are major policy issues ....
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Monday, February 3, 2014 |
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In Search of the Glass Ceiling: Deciphering Data on Gender and Wages
By UHERO @ 8:03 PM :: 4669 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...the bottom line is that things might not be what they seem....
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Monday, February 3, 2014 |
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UHERO: Hawaii's minimum wage, poverty, and job creation
By UHERO @ 7:48 PM :: 6637 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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Ten different bills have been introduced at the legislature this session to raise Hawaii's minimum wage....
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 |
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Monday, December 23, 2013 |
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UHERO: Ethanol Harms Public Welfare, Does Little to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses
By UHERO @ 9:27 PM :: 6845 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Cost of Living
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...impacts on gross state product are estimated to be negative (up to -$63 million)....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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UHERO Asia-Pacific Forecast: Pacific Rim Will Edge Forward After Weak 2013
By UHERO @ 1:48 PM :: 2481 Views
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The developed world has continued to perform below potential this year ....
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Friday, November 29, 2013 |
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UHERO: The Confusing World of PV
By UHERO @ 4:09 PM :: 5434 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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This UHERO 101 intends to clarify some of the rate and policy aspects of PV in Hawai‘i, and explores the two opposite driving forces of PV adoption....
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Friday, November 29, 2013 |
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UHERO: Water Trading to Control Hawaii Aquifers?
By UHERO @ 4:03 PM :: 5040 Views :: Environment, Cost of Living
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While an untrammeled water market would fail to provide the optimal solution, regulators can facilitate efficient water trading by setting appropriate exchange rates....
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
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Catch Shares and Implications for Hawaii Fishing Industry
By UHERO @ 8:43 PM :: 4288 Views :: Environment
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A controversial new method to manage fisheries is to assign “catch shares”....
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