• Star Advertiser: Open Books on Big Wind

    on 07/13/2011

    Open the books on wind-energy plans Editorial in the Star Advertiser July 13, 2011 Few issues brought before the state Public Utilities Commission have deserved as much scrutiny as the…

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  • Governor Vetoes HB 667

    on 07/12/2011

    Governor Abercrombie announced the veto of controversial Hawaii food safety and security bill # HB667. This will allow small farmers and all interested parties to participate in future discussion…

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  • Charter Commission Leans Toward District Voting

    on 07/12/2011

    From Maui News by ILIMA LOOMIS The West Maui Charter Working Group recommended that the county adopt a district voting model, where only the voters of each district…

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  • Wailuku Business Owner Analyzes Parking

    on 07/12/2011

    Printed in the Maui New Written by By SUSAN HALAS, a Wailuku Business Owner We all agree that Wailuku wants and needs more parking. We also agree that we…

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  • More Big Wind Acrimony

    on 07/12/2011

    Star Advertiser Opinion Piece written by Jay Fidell, of ThinkTech Hawaii, a digital media company that reports on Hawaii’s tech and…

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  • Mike Bond Responds to Pattern Energy

    on 07/11/2011

    Maui Tomorrow is fostering discussion on the Big Wind Project by reprinting this article by Mike Bond of I Aloha Moloka’i: As the Pattern Energy opinion piece (Hawaii well-suited for…

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  • Draft Bill to OK Absentee Vacation Rentals

    on 07/11/2011

    TVRs will now be called “short-term rentals” –  specially permitted homes or condominiums with up to six rooms and located in districts that are not designated by the county…

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  • Pattern Energy Responds to IAM

    on 07/11/2011

    Written by David Parquet of Pattern Energy in the Star Advertiser Energy experts have shown, in numerous publicly available studies, that Big Wind can help Hawaii achieve 40…

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  • Kula Ridge Hearing

    on 07/10/2011

    The state Land Use Commission will hold a site inspection and meetings on Maui this week to review a proposed land reclassification for the Kula Ridge project. The commission will…

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  • OTEC Being Revived

    on 07/10/2011

    After a successful 1979 demonstration project using Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (exploiting ocean temperature differences to generate firm power), dropping oil prices cause interest in OTEC to wane. OTEC is…

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