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Tuesday, June 22, 2021 |
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OHA Gains More Power Over NW Hawaiian Islands
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 2277 Views :: Environment, OHA
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... New guidance document to integrate Native Hawaiian culture into management of Papahānaumokuākea ....
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Sunday, June 20, 2021 |
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State Supreme Court: With Environmentalism Anybody Can Veto Affordable Housing
By Robert Thomas @ 4:54 AM :: 5118 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development, Greenmail, Judiciary, Land Use
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... Anyone Claiming That An Affordable Housing Project Might Impact Their Property Interests In A "Clean And Healthful Environment" Has Standing To Object ....
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
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HB1019: Ige Signs $30M Fee Hike on Dive Tours
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 3294 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... Depending on tourism numbers, the user fee could generate anywhere from $14 million to more than $30 million over 15 years ....
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Thursday, May 13, 2021 |
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Expanded Marine Protections Benefited Hawaii Tuna Fishery, Study Shows
By Selected News Articles @ 12:22 AM :: 2440 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... Major fleets' catch and revenue rose after enlargement of two marine monuments ....
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021 |
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US House Resolution Backs National Forest in Hawaii
By Ed Case @ 11:57 PM :: 2776 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Land Use
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... The U.S. House has once again passed his National Forest study measure that calls on the United States Forest Service (USFS) to engage communities in the State of Hawai’i in a study to identify suitable parcels to be incorporated into a National Forest ....
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Friday, April 30, 2021 |
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Locals Worry Wind and Solar Will Gobble Up Forests and Farms
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 3439 Views :: Energy, Environment, Development
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... locals are pushing back, saying that forests and farmlands should not be sacrificed in the fight against climate change ....
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Friday, April 30, 2021 |
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Hawaii State Legislature Declares Climate Emergency
By Court House News @ 5:15 AM :: 2739 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... SCR44 is just a toothless symbolic statement, but it is being hyped nationwide ....
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 |
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Kerry Announces 'Green' Cashflow to Hawaii Insiders
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 2750 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... John Kerry announced the United States’ support for the Local2030 Islands Network during a virtual event in support of the Leaders Summit on Climate Change hosted by President Biden this week ....
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021 |
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Lock and dam system for Honolulu? Is this just the beginning?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:55 PM :: 3687 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii State Government
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... Chow believes there is “a good chance that the feasibility study will be funded in Federal fiscal year 2022 by the application of Congress’ Community Project Funding (CPF)” and asks for support from the harbors’ group “convincing Congress to fund the Honolulu Harbor feasibility study.”….
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021 |
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White House Finalizes Pacific Ocean Protections for Humpback Whale
By Court House News @ 7:49 PM :: 2920 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... the Biden administration agrees to designate more than 100,000 square nautical miles as critical habitat for the endangered humpback whale ....
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Monday, March 29, 2021 |
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Record community engagement with “Adopt A Site” amidst COVID-19 pandemic
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 2126 Views :: Environment, COVID-19
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... Environmental stewardship has never been this popular ....
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Monday, March 29, 2021 |
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Fools. No Joke: Plastic Ware to be Outlawed Effective April 1
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 3559 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Small Business
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... Bill 40 or the Disposable Food Ware Ordinance (DFWO), takes effect April 1, 2021 ....
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Saturday, March 27, 2021 |
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USFWS Proposes Downlisting the Hawaiian Stilt Thanks to Strong Conservation Partnership Efforts
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 2067 Views :: Environment
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... The Service is seeking public comment on the proposed change in status for the aeʻo from March 25 – May 24, 2021 ....
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Thursday, March 11, 2021 |
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Chemical Company Behind Anti-Sunscreen Campaign
By Andrew Walden @ 12:58 AM :: 6764 Views :: Environment, Greenmail
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... BASF has been trying to break in to the US sunscreen market for nearly 20 years. They have been blocked by protectionist FDA stalling ....
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Monday, March 8, 2021 |
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Cannabis Production on Oahu -- Dirtiest in the USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 PM :: 3948 Views :: Energy, Environment, Drugs
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... eastern O'ahu has the highest emissions, at 324 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per ounce. That’s roughly equivalent to burning 16 gallons of gasoline....
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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Seven Cesspools: EPA Fines DLNR (again)
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 2715 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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... Four prior EPA enforcement actions against Hawai‘i DLNR have closed 74 cesspools, collected $407,400 in fines ....
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Saturday, February 13, 2021 |
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Federal Judge Sends Maui County 'big oil' lawsuit to State Court--Will SCOTUS Intervene?
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 4921 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... Federal District Court Judge Derrick K. Watson ruled in County of Maui v. Chevron that the federal court does not have jurisdiction over the case and remanded the action back to state court ....
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021 |
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HB1316: Hawaii Democrats Open New Front in War on Plastic
By News Release @ 3:07 PM :: 2724 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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"...a coordinated effort to hold producers responsible for the end-of-life management of plastic packaging...."
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Sunday, January 31, 2021 |
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Kawailoa Windfarm: Island Insurance Pays $250K to Kill Bats
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 4022 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Greenmail
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... due to the unexpectedly higher take of `ōpe`ape`a (bat) at the project and discovery of two `ua`u (petrel) fatalities ....
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Friday, January 29, 2021 |
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DLNR Hires Helicopters to Exterminate Sheep on Mauna Kea
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 3609 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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... Control work is scheduled for February 17 and 18. Public access to affected areas and the Mauna Kea Hunter Access Road will be restricted ....
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 |
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'Climate Denialism' -- Hirono Pressures Inspector General to Investigate Trump Officials
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 3276 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, First Amendment
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"... Commerce IG to Review Hirono-led Request to Investigate Climate Denialism Propaganda Pushed by Trump Appointees at NOAA ...."
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Friday, January 22, 2021 |
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Money to Burn: Virtual Community Meetings Planned for New Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 4000 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Rail, Tourism
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... The public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District (NASED) project concludes on Feb. 8 ....
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Saturday, January 16, 2021 |
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Land Grab: Enviros Sue to Restore 'Critical' Habitat Rules
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 2399 Views :: Environment
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... 2012: 'Critical habitat': Feds Seize Control of 67 square miles on Oahu; Maui Next ....
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Thursday, January 14, 2021 |
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Court Order: All commercial aquarium fishing completely banned in Hawaii
By News Release @ 11:56 AM :: 3718 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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... until the aquarium fishing industry has completed the Chapter 343 environmental review process ....
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Monday, January 11, 2021 |
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Supreme Court to hear Guam, Alaska Cases
By Court House News @ 12:11 PM :: 3517 Views :: Environment, Judiciary, COVID-19
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... The U.S. Supreme Court granted 14 cases Friday night, adding an additional 12 hours of argument to its calendar ....
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Monday, January 4, 2021 |
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The greenies’ tales about Hawaii’s vanishing beaches miss one important fact
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 3709 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...I don’t have an opinion about sea walls. I do have an opinion about connected, rich people buying oceanfront property on sinking islands even as they try to sell us on the idea that an ocean rise clocked at less than 2 mm per year is what really matters – and that we should give up fossil fuel to save their beaches....
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Thursday, December 31, 2020 |
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Hawaii Officials Promise Changes to Seawall Policies
By Selected News Articles @ 6:09 PM :: 3032 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... Officials now pledge action, after a Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica investigation ....
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Thursday, December 31, 2020 |
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City and County of Honolulu releases inaugural Climate Action Plan
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3698 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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... required step to uphold the Paris climate agreement ....
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Thursday, December 24, 2020 |
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Rate Hikes Coming: PUC Approves New Battery Incentive Scheme for HECO
By News Release @ 9:07 PM :: 3753 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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... Ratepayer money will be shoveled to Elon Musk to buy batteries ....
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
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Aloha Stadium Draft EIS Released
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 3820 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development
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...The DEIS has been posted online and public comments are encouraged....
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
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Caldwell signs key climate bills and releases 2020 City Sustainability Report
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 3361 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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..."Biden has stated he’s going to focus on economic recovery and climate change, and these bills ensure we’re ready to partner on day one”....
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Sunday, December 20, 2020 |
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Will Courts Stop Presidents From Calling Oceans ‘National Monuments’?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 AM :: 2271 Views :: Environment
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...The case involves the Antiquities Act of 1906, which allows the president to proclaim landmarks and structures with historic and scientific interest as national monuments....
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Friday, December 18, 2020 |
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Big Brother Is Watching: Satellites Used to Survey Fishing in High Seas
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 2963 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... Rounding out the top ten of most active companies were a series of Chinese corporations and one U.S. corporation based out of Hawaii. Two other key figures in the top ten list were Sajo Group and Dongwon, two Korean companies that own the United States subsidiary Starkist ....
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Thursday, November 19, 2020 |
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Oceanfront Property Tied to Obama Granted Exemption From Hawaii’s Environmental Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 9:22 PM :: 6798 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Obama
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...Environmental laws are for the little people, not the environmentalists....
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Thursday, November 5, 2020 |
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DLNR Steps Up Efforts to Manage Homelessness Across Public Lands
By Selected News Articles @ 9:20 PM :: 3791 Views :: Environment, Homelessness, Land Use
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...“I don’t see any end in sight, really, because it just seems to have gotten worse"....
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Saturday, October 17, 2020 |
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How to diversify Hawaii's economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:35 PM :: 3664 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Tourism
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“...If all of us had to go back and work in the agricultural sector, we’re not as productive in that, and we would lose income....”
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Monday, October 12, 2020 |
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Lemming News: Maui County Jumps on 'Sue Big Oil' Bandwagon
By News Release @ 6:57 PM :: 3508 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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...every court to reach the substance of the allegations has dismissed them—including the U.S. Supreme Court....
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Friday, October 9, 2020 |
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Caldwell: Global Warming causing Rain Bombs
By News Release @ 1:03 AM :: 2797 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...City initiates “Climate Ready O‘ahu” adaptation strategy; welcomes resident participation and engagement via on-line tools launched today....
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020 |
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Navy Issues Red Hill Remediation Contracts
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 3415 Views :: Environment, Military
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...to adapt an existing commercial membrane technology for upgrading fuel storage tanks at Red Hill....
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Friday, September 25, 2020 |
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Atrazine to Be Banned in Hawaii, Territories
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 3356 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...in the wake of a legal agreement between the EPA and the Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America....
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 |
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Ninth Circuit Upholds Planned Pentagon Buildup on Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 PM :: 2705 Views :: Environment, Military
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... A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday affirmed a federal judge’s finding that the U.S. Navy and the Department of Defense properly assessed the environmental impact ....
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Friday, September 11, 2020 |
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The New Champion Of Private Property Rights Is … Barack Obama?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 AM :: 5864 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Land Use, Obama
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...Obama and his longtime colleague Marty Nesbitt want a 100-year-old sea wall rebuilt and fortified to protect a planned Hawaii retreat....
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Saturday, September 5, 2020 |
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Moving the Smokestack: How Clean is Your Electric Vehicle?
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 5010 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...in Honolulu, the 2016 Porsche Cayenne S e-Hybrid is only 2mpg better than the vehicular embodiment of excess--the 2010 Hummer H3....
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