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The Rise and Fall of Sugar in Hawai'i
2014-09-26 10:37:18| Sugar Industry News
There's one sugar plantation left in Hawai'i, just a few square miles left of an industry that once dominated the island chain. Sugar's profits and high-paying jobs are long gone, as are the native forests and sustainable farms it devoured, thanks to a "voracious need for land and water." In her new book, "Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawai'i," Carol MacLennan describes the rise and eventual fall of the sugar planter elite and its consequences, both for the people of Hawai'i and the land itself. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-09-fall-sugar-hawaii.html#jCp
Hawaii lava flow approaching homes slows down
2014-09-21 08:32:22| Airlines - Topix.net
HONOLULU - Scientists say lava creeping toward rural communities on Hawaii's Big Island is slowing down. The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said on its website Saturday that the flow front has slowed considerably over the past day and there has been a reduction in smoke.
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Scientists monitoring Hawaii lava undertake risks
2014-09-18 03:43:25| Airlines - Topix.net
This Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a geologist from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory using a radar gun to measure the speed of the lava flow from the June 27th flow from the Kilauea volcano in Pahoa, Hawaii.
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HAWAII by STARLIGHT: Visiting the observatories on Mauna Kea
2014-09-14 05:57:44| Airlines - Topix.net
The island of Hawaii is served by two airports. Kona International Airport is in Kailua-Kona, on the west coast.
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Arabel Camblor named president of Hawaii Association of Realtors
2014-09-13 05:48:19| Real Estate - Topix.net
The Hawaii Association of Realtors has chosen Arabel Camblor, vice president and broker-in-charge of Clark Realty Corp.'s Hilo office, as its new president. Camblor, who is a past president of the Hawaii Island Realtors, came to Hawaii nine years ago from Miami and manages 30 agents at Clark Realty Corp., which has six offices in Hawaii.
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