Perhaps because we live in a remote archipelago, surrounded by millions of square miles of ocean, we’re more sensitive to the changes that climate change will impose on all of us. We like to visit or even live at the beach, for instance, but what if rising sea levels over the next five decades replace our sandy coastline with rocks and thick walls? Such a future isn’t … [Read more...] about We Talk Story With US Senator Brian Schatz About Political Climate Change In Washington
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2013 MauiTime Green Issue
Where environmental matters are concerned, Maui these days is a place of great contradictions. As a relatively tiny rock in the middle of the vast Pacific, the island has extremely limited landfill potential–a reality everyone here is well aware of–yet the County of Maui’s curbside recycling program remains an isolated experiment. So-called “zero emission” electric cars, … [Read more...] about 2013 MauiTime Green Issue
An Open Letter To New Senior Senator From Hawaii Brian Schatz
Senator Brian Schatz: First off, I just wanted to congratulate you on your appointment. Not many 40-year-olds go from being Lieutenant Governor of a small state to United States Senator in 24 hours (or even get to be Lt. Gov., for that matter), and your achievement is a real one. Governor Neil Abercrombie ventured pretty far out on a political limb to send you to Washington, … [Read more...] about An Open Letter To New Senior Senator From Hawaii Brian Schatz
Climate Change Leads to a Sea Change in Hawaii and the World
Not sure if you noticed it, what with all the stories and hype about how we’re in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, but there was a pretty scary Associated Press story in the June 3 Maui News. Titled “Rising seas have towns wondering: Stay or go?,” the story detailed efforts in and around Los Angeles to deal with the fact–yes, I said fact–that the Pacific Ocean is consuming … [Read more...] about Climate Change Leads to a Sea Change in Hawaii and the World