Is geothermal energy ever going to work in Hawai`i? Given the so-far failed efforts to harness this resource, the question is long overdue. Still, however, it is off-limits in the orbits of most state and county officials. A chorus of … Continued
To many of the people living near the Puna Geothermal Venture power plant at Pohoiki, their neighbor is more than a noisy, foul-smelling nuisance: it is a threat to their very health and welfare. But not everyone concedes that a … Continued
Last spring, Wilson Goddard, a California-based engineer with more than two decades of experience in the field of geothermal energy development, prepared answers to several frequently asked questions about geothermal energy in general and Puna Geothermal Venture’s operations in particular. … Continued
Deep in the ground, thousands of feet below the Earth’s surface, geothermal fluids pose no threat to human health or the environment. Raise them to the surface, though, and shielding the public from their toxic qualities becomes a problem. To … Continued
Puna Geothermal Venture, developer of the geothermal plant at Pohoiki, in the Big Island district of Puna, is a partnership made up of OESI Power Corporation and Constellation Investment, Inc., a subsidiary of Baltimore Gas & Electric Company. OESI (formerly … Continued
Waikane Valley, on O`ahu’s Windward Coast, is of historical, cultural, and religious significance. Its taro lo`i (terraces) have earned it a place on the National Register of Historic Sites. Ancient Hawaiians erected a heiau in the valley. To this day, … Continued
The Kamaka family land in the back of Waikane Valley is not the first military site left littered with unexploded ordnance. Nor, surely, will it be the last. For almost a century and especially in the last fifty years – … Continued
Teaching Camels to Fly: Can The Pentagon Win This War? Seth Shulman, The Threat at Home: Confronting the Toxic Legacy of the U.S. Military. Beacon Press: Boston, 1992. 253 plus xv pages. $23.00. November 1987. At the Rayburn House Office … Continued
Hundreds of thousands of acres in Hawai’i have been, at one time or another, under the control of the armed forces in Hawai’i. That much is known. What is not so well known is what the military has done with … Continued
Debate Flares Anew as State Releases EIS for Maui Airport The state Department of Transportation has released its final environmental impact statement on its proposal to expand the Maui airport runway to 9,600 feet (from the existing 7,000) and build … Continued