At the April 3rd “Green Drinks” networking mixer, the Sustainability Association of Hawaii (SAH) officially relaunched their green business organization. Originally established back in 2008, the SAH has been re-energized by a new Board...
Keith Rollman, Honolulu Environmental News Examiner
Honolulu, May 27, 2011--The city held a press event timed to synchronize with today's Lahaina Noon. With the sun exactly overhead, and Isamu Noguchi's Sky Gate casting a perfectly centered round shadow, Mayor Carlise...
Keith Rollman, Honolulu Environmental News Examiner
Automobiles in Hawaii are either recycled here or crushed and shipped to offshore recyclers. Hawaii's cars, like those elsewhere, contain valuable scrap metal and approximately 75% of the automobile by weight is salvaged and sold as scrap...
Keith Rollman, Honolulu Environmental News Examiner
Mayor Carlisle announced yesterday that rail transit contracts valued at close to $1 billion were awarded to Ansaldo Honolulu and Kiewit Infrastructure West. Ansaldo won the contract for building the rail cars and control systems ($574 million),...
Keith Rollman, Honolulu Environmental News Examiner
Turkey hunting in Texas dried up along with the state's water due to the epic drought of 2011. And while the drought has relented, turkey season hasn't been the same. [More]
[caption id="attachment_3941" align="alignleft" width="448" caption="April 27, 2013. On Catalina Island my Co-instructor Prof. Dave Ginsburg teaches our new science divers in training to analyze the oxygen content of their breathing gases prior to their first dives on 32% and 36% Nitrox. Photo by the author."] [/captio […]
Dear Consumers: A disturbing trend has come to our attention. You, the people, are thinking more about health, and you're starting to do something about it. This cannot continue. Sure, there's always been talk of health in America. We often encourage it. The thing is, we only want you to think about and talk about health in a certain way--equating […]
Mystery spots: In southwestern Africa's Namib Desert, the lack of rainfall keeps vegetation sparse. Yet in some areas, mysterious rings of grass with bare centers appear and thrive. Now scientists have discovered these so-called fairy circles are indeed created by wee little creatures--termites. [More]
Climate change is already melting the Arctic, queering weather and threatening food supplies. So who's paying the price for all these global warming impacts? [More]
A deadly but critically endangered snake, one of the world's rarest birds and a heavily guarded flower are among the endangered species in the news this week. A New Snake with a Sad Story: A gorgeous but extremely dangerous new snake species has been discovered in Honduras . The new palm pit viper has been named Bothriechis guifarroi in honor of assassi […]