Category: Climate change
Turning the Plan Into Action: Next Steps for Oʻahu’s Clean Energy System
This is the culminating article in a series exploring from the outside a decarbonization solution set and coarse roadmap for Hawaiʻi. It is a set of possible next actions that a Hawaiian agency, utility, authority, or coalition could undertake if the roadmap outlined in this series is worth exploring further. … [continued]
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Oʻahu 2050: A Hard-Charging Roadmap to a Zero-Carbon Energy System
What follows is a draft roadmap for a decarbonized O’ahu. This roadmap does not appear out of nowhere. It follows a long chain of analysis that rebuilt Oʻahu’s energy system piece by piece. Earlier articles stripped away overseas aviation fuel, international maritime bunkering, and military demand to isolate the island’s … [continued]
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Hawaiʻi’s Latest LNG Plan Rests On Assumptions That Do Not Survive Scrutiny
Hawaiʻi’s debate over importing liquefied natural gas has turned on a state study that was supposed to show whether LNG could lower electricity costs on Oʻahu while serving as a bridge to a cleaner system later. The scenario sold for the past year turned out to be based on a … [continued]
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Rare Michigan prairie is one step closer to being protected
A rare 440-acre lakeplain prairie in southeast Michigan is one step closer to being preserved, according to environmental groups trying to save it.
What Happens When The Head Of The EPA Abandons His Duties?
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) joined more than 150 civil rights, environmental, faith, health, and worker organizations in signing and submitting a letter today calling for the removal of Lee Zeldin from his role as administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to letter signatories, no EPA … [continued]
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