Practically since the day life was breathed into the Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) program in 2013, its advocates have argued that for it to be successful, recipients of GEMS loans – intended to help lower-income families benefit from expensive, … Continued
Last month, as angry swells carved steep scarps into the dunes on O‘ahu’s North Shore, threatening homes and other structures, on the Big Island, another, slower wearing away of the coast was prompting owners of a cliffside home in the … Continued
Hu Honua Challenge: The power plant being rebuilt along the Hamakua Coast just north of Hilo is facing yet another challenge, this time from an individual, Claudia Rohr. In late November, Rohr, representing herself, filed a complaint against the County … Continued
It’s been more than a decade since the community group Hui o Na Wai Eha petitioned the state Commission on Water Resource Management to amend the interim instream flow standards (IIFS) of Waihe‘e and Wailuku rivers and Waikapu and Waiehu … Continued