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Solar plane closes in on Hawaii
2015-07-03 13:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Solar Impulse, the aeroplane that is powered only by the sun, has landed in Hawaii after making a historic 8,000km flight across the Pacific from Japan. Pilot Andre Borschberg brought the vehicle gently down onto the runway at Kalaeloa Airport just before 06:00 local time (16:00 GMT; 17:00 BST). The distance covered and the time spent in the air - 118 hours - are records for manned, solar-powered flight. The duration is also an absolute record for a solo, un-refuelled journey. Mr Borschberg's...
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Hawaii solar-energy industry leaders question HECO's cost-shift plan
2015-07-02 00:29:58| Energy - Topix.net
Some Hawaii solar-energy industry executives are questioning the cost shift that Hawaiian Electric Co. is proposing for new residential rooftop photovoltaic installations.
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Hawaii OKs traditional burials involving burned corpses
2015-07-01 03:09:44| Airlines - Topix.net
Ken Ordenstein, owner of Ken Ordenstein Funerals, left, and Leialoha "Rocky" Kaluhiwa, vice president of the Koolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, right, react outside Hawaii Gov. David Ige's office after he signed a bill on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 in Honolulu. The bill ensures that Native Hawaiians and others can practice an ancient tradition in which a corpse is cleansed by fire and the bones are held as sacred in a cloth before being buried.
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Arrested protesters return Hawaii Mountain obstruct construction of TMT
2015-06-26 18:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Perf Science: On Wednesday, hundreds of protesters who are against the construction of a giant telescope on Mauna Kea prevented workers from reaching the site. The planned $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope (TNT) was under fire by many native Hawaiians. The protesters marched to turn over the project as they consider the mountain sacred. In April, the construction halted for about two months after 31 protesters were arrested. A dozen of protestors arrested Wednesday for obstructing were released after posting...
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Arrested protesters post bail, return to Hawaii mountain
2015-06-26 07:40:30| Airlines - Topix.net
Hilo police face off with protestors Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at the Maunakea Visitors Center in Hilo, Hawaii. Construction on the Thirty Meter Telescope is set to resume Wednesday after a nearly two-month delay in construction.
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