Entries for September 2013

Hawaii is the first sub-national government to sign onto the Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership, presented Friday by the Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum to the United Nations Secretary General....

Nominations and self-nominations for task force members should be sent by email to president@Hawaii.edu....

Schatz’s own office has indicated that 25,000 federal workers throughout the state would be left without pay....

...thanks to a Christmas Tree Clause in 13-33, developers and wealthy individuals with 10 acres or more have been given an easy out for upzoned properties....

• Senate: Continuing Resolution
• House: Continuing Resolution – Medical Device Tax Repeal Amendment
• House: Continuing Resolution – Defunding of the Affordable Care Act Amendment

If policymakers are committed to reducing global carbon dioxide emissions, then they will have to get serious about promoting sources of electricity production that can compete with coal on price....

GMOs are likely saving tens of millions from starvation in underdeveloped countries....

Over the weekend, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to delay the unpopular law’s implementation by one year....

It is amazing how pages like this will have such vile, hateful commentary and then always end it with truth, love, peace, and unity!....

Last night I got a tweet from Christy Demuth, biotech opponent on Kauai.  She's always a delight.  She says that she's found the link between me and Monsanto....

Reps Hanabusa and Gabbard voted against funding the Federal Government....

Apparently when one is an elected official, one has to make sure that their concerns reflect the concerns of their constituency and obviously the concerns of seniors is right up there at the top of the list....

...we heard recently that they are recruiting candidates and working to elect a GOP Senator in Hawaii....

As the Hawaii County Council considers an anti-GMO bill which would require farmers to "register" the locations of their GMO crop fields, another GMO Papaya field in Puna has been attacked by machete-wielding vandals....

The issue first came to light last month when constituents contacted my office, and on August 19th we brought the issue to the Administration....

President Wil Okabe shares HSTA’s “Three Priorities” for 2013-2014....

The report acknowledges, finally, that the temperature has plateaued for 16 years now, which the scientists admit they can’t explain....

The State of Women in America: A 50-State Analysis of How Women Are Faring Across the Nation....