There was apparently some serious behind-the-scenes maneuvering relating to geothermal development in advance to today’s scheduled meeting of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees. Last week, a group of six trustees filed their own agenda calling a trustees meeting for this morning. It contained a single agenda item under new business: “Proposal for [...]
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Interesting that the Star-Advertiser used a Bloomberg News story to report a proposal by the newspaper’s owner to build a $13.2 billion (yes, with a “B”) refinery in British Columbia to process bitumen from the tar sands of Alberta. The story is protected by the S-A paywall, but is available from Bloomberg for free. It [...]
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With Primary Election day just a week away, there’s lots of info flying back and forth about candidates and their records. Today’s Star-Advertiser carries a story by Gordon Pang on the 2nd Congressional District race, which is boiling down to a face-off between Mufi Hannemann and Tulsi Gabbard. The Sierra Club has set up a [...]
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Just browsing around this morning…. Item #1–Iolani Palace A/C costs grow The Department of Land and Natural Resources is seeking a one-year contract extension and and nearly $1 million in additional funding to complete the replacement of the ventilation and air conditioning system serving Iolani Palace. Planning for this job began back in 2007 during [...]
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I’ve been doing a little online wandering since getting back from our early morning walk. First I noted a Seattle Times story on electricity prices, and learned the city is served by a public power company, City Light. That’s public as in “part of the city government,” not public as in “publicly traded corporation.” It’s [...]
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Civil Beat’s poll question regarding the proposed undersea cable to move electricity generated on other islands to Oahu provided another example of a basic lesson in survey research–How you pose the question often determines the answer. The survey asked registered voters, “Do you support or oppose Hawaii’s plan to construct underwater cables between some of [...]
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I don’t take kindly to the Hawaiian Electric advertisement that’s been playing the past week or so, formatted as a news interview with HECO executive Robbie Alm. Alm is being interviewed by former news anchor Jade Moon, now a Hawaiian Electric spokesperson, and the ad has been running during evening news broadcasts. It probably also [...]
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The State Procurement Office this week turned down a request by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to extend a public relations contract in order to tackle negative public opinion towards the Big Wind project on Molokai and Lanai. In comments filed on Thursday, the Chief Procurement Officer said “it would be inappropriate [...]
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