For those with iOS 8, this was today's morning weather report according to Apple's Weather ap. And it was spot on. Click here to sign up for Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S) cane burning alerts. Click here to see the company's upcoming burns. … [Read more...] about Look out, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar–Apple’s Weather Ap is on to you
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Look out, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar
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Eh Coconut Burner!
Hey neighbor: I can understand if you’re having a barbecue or cooking something, but why are you making a fire just to see the smoke? When you throw coconuts in the fire, that toxic smoke really burns the lungs. Why did you keep doing that, so much so that I had to call the fire department? You’re killing my lungs, brah, when you fill my hale with smoke! Plus, we’re in the … [Read more...] about Eh Coconut Burner!
Cane Burning Fight Gets Hotter While NOAA Discovers New Sublime Coral Habitat
MAUI’S FIGHT OVER SUGAR CANE BURNING GETS EVEN HOTTER So I’m glad to see that this weekend we all got together and straightened out that whole sugar cane burning thing. We’re all good, right? Right? Tell that to the woman who (allegedly) had to to endure rock throwing and yelling because she accidentally went to the wrong cane burning rally on Saturday. She had wanted to stand … [Read more...] about Cane Burning Fight Gets Hotter While NOAA Discovers New Sublime Coral Habitat
More Than 100 Maui Residents Wrote Complaints Against Sugar Cane Burning But We Wonder If Anyone Will Listen
From March to November each year, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S) burns about 400 acres of its sugarcane every week. That comes to about 70 acres a day–roughly the size of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. The burning takes place, according to the company’s website (hcsugar.com), because it is “the only economical means HC&S has found to-date” of removing … [Read more...] about More Than 100 Maui Residents Wrote Complaints Against Sugar Cane Burning But We Wonder If Anyone Will Listen