From Pacific Business News:NextEra Energy, one of the companies looking to build an undersea cable that would connect the electric grids on Oahu and Maui, has an agreement to purchase the nearly four-acre site of the former Gasco manufactured-gas facility in Honolulu.
Administration Guts Implementation Portion of Maui Island Plan
In an article for Maui Weekly, Susan Halas writes that: The version under consideration was drafted by the county Planning Department and dated Nov. 29, 2013. In this document, virtually all of the specific details proposed in earlier incarnations approved by GPAC and the Planning Commission have disappeared. and says that: Final version has few […]
Shaka Meeting (GMO Moritorium Petition)
Feb 24th 7pm at the McCoy Auditorium at the MACC Panel Discussion of the proposed GMO Moritorium initiative Kick off to the Petition Drive (20% of number of voters who voted in the last election must sign) Presentation by Dr. Don Huber
Kula Community Association presentsMaui’s Electricity Future – it may NOT be what it used to be:An Undersea Cable to Oahu and Maui’s Electricity Future Upcountry Community Meeting at the Kula Community CenterThis Wednesday, February 19, 20146:30pm Pupus — 7pm Program The program will begin with Maui Electric’s Mat McNeff giving an update on the status […]
Participate in the State Rec Plan
Hawaii is in the process of preparing its Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), which it does every five years. Your voice will make the difference on how money is spent in Hawaii on recreational matters. See the meeting schedule below for each island. If you can’t make it in person, there is a link […]
The Difference Between a Farmer and a Global Chemical Corporation
The intentional blurring in the difference between farmers, and the global corporations that use Hawaii as a testing ground for their new technologies, demands some clarity. By Andrea Brower, Kauai Food and social justice activist We are witnessing a strange, though remarkably predictable public discourse, where State lawmakers claim that those “truly serious about supporting […]