Tag: Hawaii
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VIDEO: Facing Climate Change—How Ocean Acidification is Impacting Oyster Farmers
FACING CLIMATE CHANGE — Kathleen Nisbet and her father, Dave, farm oysters in Washington’s Willapa Bay. They recently shifted some of their business to Hawai’i, after ocean acidification started killing baby oysters in local hatcheries …
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First Wind Preparing Habitat Preserve that will Protect Threatened Bird Species in West Maui
The Makamaka`ole seabird mitigation project is part of an extensive program undertaken by the company to provide conservation benefits to mitigate potential impacts of the Kaheawa Wind projects several miles away. As part of the company’s innovative Habitat Conservation Plan for its two Kaheawa Wind projects on Maui, First Wind is constructing two fenced enclosures…
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Hawai’i Leads the Way with Cutting-Edge Solar Energy Policy
EARTHJUSTICE — This proactive approach to distributed solar is the next evolutionary step toward transforming the grid to enable homes and businesses to produce their own clean power …
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Subsidized Housing Goes Super-Green In Hawaii
Oahu’s Kaupuni Village project, with net-zero homes priced around $250,000 and reserved for lower-income residents, gets LEED Platinum certification.
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Church Puts Its Faith In Solar Power
Airplane travelers and anyone else looking down from above will note the 236-KW solar array on a Maui church’s roof is in the shape of a cross, lit by LED tape.