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Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes
2015-04-19 02:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Allan Akamine has looked all around the winding, palm tree-lined cul-de-sacs of his suburban neighborhood in Mililani here on Oahu and, with an equal mix of frustration and bemusement, seen roof after roof bearing solar panels. Mr. Akamine, 61, a manager for a cable company, has wanted nothing more than to lower his $600 to $700 monthly electric bill with a solar system of his own. But for 18 months or so, the states biggest utility barred him and thousands of other customers from getting one,...
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Amid controversy, construction of telescope in Hawaii halted
2015-04-08 10:37:17| Airlines - Topix.net
Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Tuesday, April 7, 2015, that the Thirty Meter Telescope is stopping construction at Maun... . FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, Department of Land and Natural Resources officers arrest a protester on the road to Thirty Meter Telescope building site on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hil... .
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Amid controversy, construction of telescope in Hawaii halted
2015-04-08 10:37:16| Airlines - Topix.net
This 2011 file artist rendering provided by Thirty Meter Telescope, shows the Thirty Meter Telescope. Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Tuesday, April 7, 2015, that the Thirty Meter Telescope is stopping construction at Mauna Kea for a week.
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Virgin America to begin flying between mainland and Hawaii
2015-04-07 21:12:45| Airlines - Topix.net
The airline said Tuesday that it will fly daily from San Francisco to Honolulu beginning Nov. 2 and to Kahului beginning Dec. 3. United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Hawaiian Airlines already fly to Honolulu from San Francisco, and Alaska Airlines flies there from San Jose and Oakland, California. Southwest Airlines has long considered flying to Hawaii, although it has not announced any service.
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Hawaii utility commits highest-in-nation rooftop solar on circuits but can grid handle it?
2015-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A pitched battle that stopped a solar boom in Hawaii is over, at least temporarily. Rooftop installations are increasing again for the first time in two years. The biggest utility in the Aloha State, Oahu-based Hawaiian Electric Co., or HECO, has reopened a blocked pathway to adding more local photovoltaics. It will allow new rooftop systems on crowded circuits that the utility had all but shuttered 18 months ago. The utility at the time said the move was needed for safety reasons, as a bounty of...
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