The Maui Tomorrow Foundation has chosen Albert Perez to take over the environmental non-profit organization from Irene Bowie, who announced her retirement a couple months ago. “I look forward to returning to Maui Tomorrow to build upon the impressive accomplishments of Irene Bowie and our Board of Directors,” Perez said in a May 28 news release. “The quality of our … [Read more...] about Albert Perez to take over as new Maui Tomorrow executive director
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This Wednesday, Feb. 19: Kula Community Association To Discuss Proposed Maui-Oahu Undersea Power Cable
Not quite a year ago, this paper broke the story about Sempra's plan for a massive expansion of the wind farm out in Kahikinui should the state of Hawaii ever build an proposed undersea power cable linking the islands of Maui and Oahu. In that story, I asked Doug McLeod, the County of Maui energy commissioner, what he thought of the odds of the cable actually going in: “The … [Read more...] about This Wednesday, Feb. 19: Kula Community Association To Discuss Proposed Maui-Oahu Undersea Power Cable
Why is the State of Hawaii Investing in a Biofuel Project it Doesn’t Understand?
Summer on Maui means mangoes and, inevitably, scraping up those rotting, fallen fruits off the ground. But as you’re doing yard work this season, imagine a technology that would convert all that plant matter into something other than compost. In fact, the USDA Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (PBARC), along with Florida-based BioTork Hawaii LLC, did just that. More … [Read more...] about Why is the State of Hawaii Investing in a Biofuel Project it Doesn’t Understand?