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Hawaiian Electric offers Maui County customers voluntary enrollment in time-of-use rates
The program tests time-of-use rates and is intended to reduce bills for customers and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Microbes may be small but have big impact in climate change, report says
Microbes may be small, but they are highly impactful to environmental and human health amid a changing climate, according to a new report co-authored by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographer David Karl.
Sen. Schatz Introduces Bipartisan Bill To Help Stop Illegal Deforestation Globally
US Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and US Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) today unveiled the Fostering Overseas Rule of Law and Environmentally Sound Trade (FOREST) Act that creates a framework for the federal government to deter commodity-driven illegal deforestation around the world.
Spanish Utility Invests in Maui’s Westec Technology
By Sonia Isotov Iberdrola, a Spanish utility company, recently announced that it will invest in the carbon capture technology developed by Westec Environmental Solutions, LLC, a research and development company headquartered in Kahului. “Our technology represents a potential breakthrough for reducing smokestack emissions and capturing CO2 before it is released into the atmosphere,” says Jeff […]
