On March 7, 2013 the PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION held an invitation-only meeting. The meeting started with PUC Chair Hermina Morita talking about a survey that the Commission sent out. “As many of you know with our invitation you also received a survey, and here’s what I learned from the survey. If you appear to […]
Sea Level Rise Threatens Maui
Sea-level rise (SLR) threatens islands and coastal communities due to vulnerable infrastructure and populations concentrated in low-lying areas. LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data were used to produce high-resolution DEMs (Digital Elevation Model) for Kahului and Lahaina, Maui, to assess the potential impacts of future SLR. Two existing LiDAR datasets from USACE (U.S. Army Corps […]
Rain Decreasing in Hawai’i
Rain In Hawaii On The Decline April 24, 2013 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112829666/global-warming-could-lessen-rain-for-hawaii-042413/ It has happened almost imperceptibly, but rainfall over the Hawaiian Islands has been in decline since 1978. According to a team of scientists at the University of Hawaii, Manoa (UHM) and the University of Colorado, Boulder, this trend is likely to continue with global warming […]
Sierra Club etc. File in Liquified Natural Gas Import Docket
The Gas Company, dba Hawai`iGas has filed an Application with the Public Utilities Commission for Phase 1 of 3 for importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) into Hawai`i. Life of the Land, Sierra Club and Blue Planet Foundation have filed Motions to Intervene because of concerns that this will delay the transition from fossil fuel to […]
Old Maui Island Plan Maps
Council’s General Plan Committee 1:30pm Thursday, March 1 and 15 Comparison of three proposed maps: 1. 2009 GPAC 2. 2010 Planning Director 3. 2012 Planning Director C – 2 CENTRAL MAUI MAP B Waihee village — GPAC and 2010 Director recommended “Country Town”. 2012 Director recommends a RGB. GPAC recommended an increase in […]
Gov Abercrombie on Maui Apr 10
Gov Abercrombie and his cabinet will be at the new science building at UH Maui on Wednesday evening.