HONOLULU — Hawaii and Japan on Tuesday agreed to build a smart grid on Maui to demonstrate how solar, wind and other renewable energy sources can be integrated into an electrical grid. The project aims to overcome one of the obstacles that prevent communities from using more renewable energy and create a model for others […]
Repeal of Show Me the Water
Repeal of Show Me the Water to be heard 9am Tuesday Nov 29
Elle Cochran Report on Development Projects
One of my biggest concerns rests with the all-too-common occurrence of developers requesting Community Plan Amendments, especially while we are currently in the process of updating them. We are not enforcing the Community Plans that we already have, and even worse, we are undoing the hard work of previous councils with every Community Plan Amendment request. This does not sit well with me.
Councilman Victorino to Repeal “Show Me the Water”
See Maui News article Victorino’s Water Availability Bill: WR-8 (Repeals “show me the water”) To find out what the obscure code references mean, go to this easy to use Maui County Code site Mike Victorino’s Water Second Water Bill: WR-9
2 Superferries May Go to Navy
The Virginian-Pilot Monday, November 21, 2011 Navy hopes to gain two Hawaiian superferries By Robert McCabehttp://hamptonroads.com/2011/11/navy-hopes-gain-two-hawaiian-superferries NORFOLK The Navy wants the two Hawaiian superferries docked at Lamberts Point in Norfolk. The Navy “is working with the U.S. Maritime Administration to permit the transfer of the two high-speed vessels, formerly Hawaii superferries, into the naval service […]
Foundation Names Lana’i Big Wind Site Historical
The site of a massive proposed wind farm in West Lanai where hundreds of archaeological and cultural sites have been identified has been named one of the state’s “most endangered historic places” for 2011 by the Historic Hawaii Foundation. Read more at the Maui News