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HB1019 – Raise % of Barrel Tax to Clean Energy
HB1019 – This reapportions the existing $1.05 per barrel tax to ensure that a greater percentage is allocated to clean energy. Lately this fund has been raided…
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Ag Loan HB 1248 HD1
HB 1248 HD1 Ag Loans – This bill is focused on the New Farmer Program to increase loan limits, decrease loan interest rates, and reduce the number…
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Palauea Archeological Site Still in Limbo
Ten years ago a 20-acre site at Palauea was set aside for preservation as a condition of approving the One Palauea Bay subdivision development. The area is located…
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Judge Voids Ohana Kai EIS
Judge Joel August agreed with Ma’alaea Community Association and Maui Tomorrow Foundation Inc. and ruled that the EIS for Jesse Spencer’s Ohana Kai Development at Ma’alaea did not adequately…
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Specifics of SB367 on undersea cable clarified
Viewpoint in the Maui News March 27, 2011 – By ROBIN KAYE Regarding the recent state House panels meetings on the proposed undersea cable (The Maui News,…
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The price of wind
Article from the Honolulu Star Advertiser A project in Kahuku enjoyed widespread support, but planned endeavors on Lanai and Molokai face opposition By Alan Yonan Jr. FIRST WIND LLC First Wind energy…
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SB1363 to add fee to bags
See SB1363 Bill Status and language Environmental Protection; Plastic Checkout Bags; Fee Requires businesses in the State to collect a 5-cent fee for each single-use checkout bag provided to a…
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OWIS Study on Wind Farms
Oahu Wind Integration Study (OWIS) conducted by the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawaii at Manoa,
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HB 1239 – State Financed Superferry
House Bill 1239 (Senate Bill SD1), would require that the State buy and operate a “High Speed Ferry Vessel”. It next goes to the Senate’s Ways…
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