Aloha! We hope that this finds you well. The Board of Directors and Kat and myself want you to know how grateful we are for your support of Life of the Land’s work to protect all that make the Hawaiian Islands one of the most special places on the planet. Mahalo for...
Hu Honua Bioenergy proposed chopping down and burning forests to generate electricity in 2008. Life of the Land, founded in February 1970, has been in 50 Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission regulatory proceedings including 10 dealing with BioEnergy. The Hawai`i Public...
This spoof has two initial scientific statements (1) Einstein wrote e=mc2. The law of mass–energy equivalence states that anything having mass has an equivalent amount of energy and vice versa. (2) The first law of thermodynamics, also known as Law of Conservation of...
APPEAL CHALLENGING PUC APPROVAL OF THE HU HONUA BIOMASS PROJECT LODGED IN THE HAWAII SUPREME COURT HONOLULU – Monday, August 28, 2017 - Life of the Land has lodged an appeal to the Hawai`i Supreme Court to reverse the Public Utilities Commission ruling in favor of...
Life of the Land filed its Statement of Position with the Public Utilities Commission on July 10, 2017. This is a web-based version, excluding many footnotes, and formatting it in a web-friendly version. This proceeding involves a Hawai'i Electric Light Company...
Life of the Land is Hawai`i’s own energy, environmental and community action group advocating for the people and `aina for 47 years. Our mission is to preserve and protect the life of the land through sound energy and land use policies and to promote open government...
The view is from the Lanai of the Office of the Attorney General, which wraps almost all of the way around the top floor of the State Office Tower, 235 S. Beretania Street. The 2016 State Legislature has opened with a total of 2918 bills being introduced, 1317 in the...
Aloha! Happy Holidays from Life of the Land, Hawai`i’s own community-driven environmental group! We hope that this holiday season is full of peace and joy for you and all those you love. Life of the Land has been at the forefront of energy issues in Hawai`i before the...
The role of energy cannot be understated. Both internationally, and in Hawai`i, expenditures on energy account for more than ten percent of all expenditures (Energy $$$ > 10% of GDP). Energy drives commerce and industry. Energy costs are the major financial input...
Hawai`i's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014 was $76.2 billion. The U.S. Energy Information Administration updated its Hawai`i Profile on September 17, 2015. "Hawaii's geographic isolation makes its energy infrastructure unique among the states. In recent...
Fossil Fuel use is a threat to every form of life. A National Academy of Science Study, conducted at the request of U.S. Congress, analyzed energy-induced health impacts. “Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of EnergyProduction and Use” (2010) found that in...
Kaua`i has been a testing ground for pesticides, from DDT during WWII to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. In 1975 the federal government held a hearing in Honolulu regarding their proposal to burn Agent Orange on a ship in the Pacific Ocean. According to the New...