By Dr. Genesis Young As a physician I always followed the Hippocratic oath to do no harm; sustainable tourism and anything sustainable should at the very least do no harm. However, our reefs are dying and we are losing our sea life. The Hawaiian culture continues to be threatened, and is treated as a […]
Study Spotlights Importance of Shoreline Setbacks
A study entitled “Carbon choices determine U.S. cities committed to futures below sea level” indicates that estimates that sea level will rise three feet in the next 75 years may be too low. Maui News is reporting that sea-level rise “could swallow up the homes of nearly 10,000 current Kihei residents” in the next 200 […]
U.N. Climate Panel Endorses Ceiling on Global Emissions
According to the NY Times: The world’s top climate scientists on Friday formally embraced an upper limit on greenhouse gases for the first time, establishing a target level at which humanity must stop spewing them into the atmosphere or face irreversible climatic changes. Going well beyond its four previous analyses of the emissions problem, the […]