For the first time ever, the U.S. Navy has agreed to put vast swaths of important habitat for numerous marine mammals off limits to dangerous mid-frequency sonar training and testing and the use of powerful explosives.
Maui County growing faster than the rest of the state
Maui News is reporting that Maui County population is growing fastest in the state at 5.3 percent in the last five years giving a total of 163,019 at the end of 2014. Dick Mayer pointed out that this is putting a strain on Maui’s infrastructure. Also these numbers don’t reflect the growing numbers of visitors. “In addition […]
Maui Tomorrow Viewpoint on NextEra
Proposed Merger of NextEra and Hawaiian Electric Companies Maui’s People Need an Electric Utility that will Represent the Public Interest The Maui Tomorrow Foundation is focused on creating a better and more sustainable future for Maui. We are pleased that the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has chosen to start their public listening sessions regarding the proposed NextEra/HEI merger this […]
The Guardian reports birth defect problems in Hawai’i
The Guardian reports that local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth defects and illnesses
Protecting Agricultural Lands
Slide show talking about agricultural land protection in relation to community plans, zoning and the State Land Use Commission.
New battery cheaper and smaller
Elon Musk introduced lithium-ion battery named Powerwall – a wall-mounted energy storage unit that can hold 10 kilowatt hours of electric energy, and deliver it at an average of 2 kilowatts, all for US$3,500. This halves the normal cost of a backup battery for a solar or wind installation making it both easier to go off […]