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The New Normal Of The State Of Solar In Hawaii

Major players in the PV industry are disappearing and sales are dropping.

Tom Yamachika: Issuing Bonds For Rail Increases City’s Liability Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: Issuing Bonds For Rail Increases City’s Liability

There are a lot of questions about how money is being spent on the rail project, and using bonds raises the stakes for transparency.

We’re Causing Climate Change, And We Need To Fix It Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

We’re Causing Climate Change, And We Need To Fix It

King tides are a warning that it’s time to worry about man-made environmental聽disruption, global warming and聽sea-level rise.

Repurpose The Rail Guideway Into A Skyway Flickr: Jean-Louis Zimmermann

Repurpose The Rail Guideway Into A Skyway

Residents and visitors聽could enjoy聽it for walking, jogging and biking to encourage healthy lifestyles.

The Struggle Of Midwives Parallels Hokulea’s Journey Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The Struggle Of Midwives Parallels Hokulea’s Journey

Reclaiming ancient ways of voyaging serves as inspiration for those navigating the spiritual path of childbirth.

Chinatown ‘Bulb-Outs’ Should Be Removed — Immediately Jane Sugimura

Chinatown ‘Bulb-Outs’ Should Be Removed — Immediately

The traffic calming devices known as bulb-outs aren’t helping pedestrians. They are making our life more miserable.

A Call To Action On Renewable Energy From An Impatient Millennial Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

A Call To Action On Renewable Energy From An Impatient Millennial

HECO may have a plan to help move Hawaii toward sustainability聽by 2045, but it would be better to start the process over, and independently.

Is Federal Funding For Rail Still Such A Good Deal? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Is Federal Funding For Rail Still Such A Good Deal?

The feds share聽was supposed to be 30 percent. But with the project cost at $10 billion that percentage has dropped considerably.

Calvin Say and Gene Ward: Yell Less, Pray More And Come Together As Americans Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Calvin Say and Gene Ward: Yell Less, Pray More And Come Together As Americans

In a time of political violence in America, let鈥檚 cool our tongues and resist the temptation to let divisions become acts of aggression.

Tom Yamachika: Nothing Wrong With Mucking Around The Past Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: Nothing Wrong With Mucking Around The Past

HART nixed a special audit of the rail project’s cost overruns. That’s not good for stakeholder confidence.