FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Honua Ola Workers Fight for a Career and Way of Life They Cherish Pepeʻekeo, HI (December 17, 2020) — Next Tuesday, December 22, the next step in the effort to save the Honua Ola Bioenergy facility and have it produce clean, renewable energy begins with the filing of its Opening Brief for its appeal to the Hawai‘i Supreme Court. Honua Ola’s appeal seeks to set aside the...
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Hawaii is currently the most oil-reliant state in the U.S., according to the state Energy Office. In 2018, approximately 73% of Hawaii’s overall electricity generation came from oil and coal, while renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind and geothermal, made up approximately 22%. Fossil fuels, including coal, oil and natural gas, contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions,...
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桉树狮子的share of trees in Hawaii’s commercially managed forests, and the wood chips from this commercial crop will be used by Honua Ola Bioenergy as feedstock to generate clean renewable energy to replace fossil fuel energy coming from oil-fired power plants. Replacing fossil fuel energy with renewable energy is the only way the state can achieve its goal of 100%...
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Renewable energy technologies, including bioenergy, provide the most effective means for reducing greenhouse gases and decreasing dependence on fossil fuels. Unfortunately, the proponents of intermittent technologies, particularly solar, have taken their eye off the fossil fuel problem, and attacked other renewables, like bioenergy and geothermal, firm renewable energy projects, that must be...
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November 12, 2020 By Guy Cellier I was hired by Prudential Timber as the project manager for the planting of trees along Hamakua after the demise of sugar. During this process, we planted more than 10 million trees on more than 25,000 acres of abandoned sugar cane land. This process provided work for machine operators, planting crews, professional foresters, local nurseries and paid regular...
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