Court Case In Hawaii Against Fossil Fuel Companies Passes Major Milestone

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:36:13 +0000

History was made in Hawaii recently when a state judge ruled that a lawsuit seeking damages from major oil and gas companies for their climate disinformation campaigns can move forward in state court. The ruling sets an important precedent that the fossil fuel industry has been fighting to prevent in similar cases across the country. The case against ExxonMobil, […]

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250 Million Tax Dollars Spent To Clean Up — Yet Another — Fuel Leak in US Navy Storage Tank

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 23:51:19 +0000

This month, the US Navy appealed an order to drain some leaking underground jet fuel tanks on the island of Oahu, home to Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, and a large military presence. The Sierra Club of Hawaii has been pressing the issue for more than 20 years, citing ongoing leaks of jet fuel into the aquifer […]

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RIP Google Makani: Perhaps The Entire Airborne Wind Energy Space Will Finally Disappear

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:00:03 +0000

With luck, the airborne wind energy space will sink back into academic research efforts involving kitesurfing kites at University of Delft. It’s useful to continue to play with things in academia, and it’s a domain with a lot of engineering complexity that’s a good proving ground for engineers who can go on to do useful things as a result

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53 Million Gallons Of Wastewater Flushes Daily Into Hawaii’s Waters — How One Local Non-Profit Is Working To Fix This

Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 21:29:51 +0000

Hawaii has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and yet there are serious water quality issues to content with, primarily due to the large quantity of cesspools in the State. This is a huge issue for all of the islands, and impacts the health of humans, animals, and our ocean ecology. Here’s the story of a local company that’s working to fix this crappy situation.

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53 Million Gallons Of Wastewater Flushes Daily Into Hawaii’s Waters — How One Local Company Is Working To Fix This

Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 21:29:51 +0000

Hawaii has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and yet there are serious water quality issues to content with, primarily due to the large quantity of cesspools in the State. This is a huge issue for all of the islands, and impacts the health of humans, animals, and our ocean ecology. Here’s the story of a local company that’s working to fix this crappy situation.

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Hawaiian Electric Co. Gets New CEO & Voted Utility Of The Year

Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:22:21 +0000

Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) just named a new CEO and was voted as ‘Best Utility’ in the US by Utility Dive. What policies and progress has the utility made in recent years to grab this honor, what’s the new CEO going to do going forward, and what does this really look like for residents of the islands?

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Composting For Climate Change: More Important Than You Might Think

Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:00:54 +0000

We focus often on high-tech solutions to climate change, however, some of the easiest and cheapest ways to fix climate change are right under our feet.

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