Briefings
Burning Issues: Gas, Garbage, and Hazardous Waste A suit has been filed in U.S. District Court to block shipment of nerve gas from Germany to Johnston Atoll. The suit was filed by the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund on behalf … Continued
Ash: A Resource Beyond Recovery
Because of the concentration of heavy metals and other toxics in incinerator ash, it may be the one thing on Earth that is truly non-recyclable. The City’s biggest concern, however, is to avoid having the ash characterized as hazardous. Were … Continued
Recycling Made Easy – And Outrageously Expensive
If your heart says Caddy but your budget says Kimo’s Kream Puffs, you probably won’t waste a lot of time with your ose pressed to the glass of a Cadillac dealer’s showroom. You certainly won’t spend a year driving the … Continued
It's Fine, So Long as You Don't Breathe
Whether H-POWER complies with emissions standards or not, the fact remains that O`ahu’s air quality is not helped by its operation. According to Jim Morrow, director of the American Lung Association of Hawai`i, the result will most likely not be … Continued
H-POWER Emissions Pass Test – For What It's Worth
To date, the state Department of Health has received one report on emissions at H-POWER. The tests were run last February, shortly after H-POWER began burning refuse-derived fuel. The results show no emission exceeding the established limits. Still, the report … Continued
Editorial: Does Honolulu Really Have Money to Burn?
Someone once said of nuclear energy that it was an expensive way to boil water. That was before H-POWER. With a generational cost of 15 cents a kilowatt hour, H-POWER makes nuclear energy (about 12 cents per kilowatt hour) look … Continued
Turning Trash into Ash And Dollars into Cinders
The year: 1980. The Mayor: Frank Fasi. The newspaper: The Honolulu Advertiser: “City officials have chosen a proposal from Amfac and a Connecticut firm as the lowest bid for a massive project to turn Honolulu`s garbage into electricity. The winning … Continued