Life of the Land`s Climate Campaign started more than 2o years ago. Pat Tummons, editor of Environment Hawai`i, spoke about the dangers of climate change at Life of the Land`s “Energy for the Millennium Conference” held at Chaminade University on November 5-6, 1999....
Life of the Land has not shied away from controversy. We have found our niche at the Public Utilities Commission. Life of the Land also attends and participates in meetings of the Hawai`i Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, the Hawai`i Greenhouse...
Democracy is a form of government built on a foundation of ethical truths, and it cannot survive without them. Values matter because how we adopt laws is as important as the laws we adopt, and all of us are charged with protecting the self-governing principles that...
The Hawai`i State Legislature passed SB 2510 CD1. The Hawai`i Senate demanded that the bill pass and asserted that it would kill numerous house bills if the house did not agree. The house went along with the senate and passed bill that authorizes concurrent...
Keith Avery was involved in many early wind projects in Hawai`i starting in the early 1980s. He appeared as a guest on Thinktech Hawaii in 2020. “I originate the projects. I prospect for the wind. We install anemometry to collect long-term limited resource data and...
Thee Navy identified five dozen active contamination sites at Joint Base Pearl-Harbor- Hickam that it is decontaminating. The largest project in size focuses on contaminated sediments in Pearl Harbor. The contaminants include underground fuel plumes, dioxin, arsenic,...
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Life of the Land filed comments on May 24, 2021, regarding the US Department of Justice`s proposed settlement of a major Pearl Harbor contamination site. The Federal Register included a Notice by the Justice Department on April 23, 2021, regarding a Settlement for...
For illustrative purposes, assume that a tree has a lifespan of 100 years. The tree absorbs more carbon dioxide as a mature tree and less as a sapling or when it is old. Years CO2 Absorbed / Year Total CO2 Absorbed Total 0-10 1 10 10-50 5 200 210 50-70 5 100 ...
The Star-Advertiser is now on-line. Looking for the digital edition of the paper? View Print Replica page flip now. By Derek Kurisu Island Voices: Hawaii island needs Honua Ola Bioenergy’s firm power now (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, June 22, 2020) “Like many on Hawaii...
Life of the Land filed the only two Hawai`i climate change appeals to the Hawaii Supreme Court. The court upheld both appeals, sending them back to the Commission for further proceedings. Hu Honua Hu Honua proposes to clear-cut forests, turn the trees into wood chips,...
“Each person has the right to a clean and healthful environment.” The clause was proposed by the Hawai`i Constitutional Convention of 1978 and approved by the voters in November 1978. It is now Article XI Section 9 of the State Constitution. The Constitutional...