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
[caption id="attachment_6181" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Japanese vessel Chikyu is part of research efforts to extract methane hydrates from the sea floor. Credit: IODP/JAMSTEC"] [/caption]Several days ago I finished reading Charles C. Mann's article in The Atlantic titled "What If We Never […]
A powerful tornado as much as three-kilometers wide devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on May 20. The twister reportedly boasted winds above 300 kilometers-per-hour as it tore through homes and schools, leaving a path of large-scale destruction and killing dozens of people, including many children. [More]
Those of you reading this are probably most familiar with this science blogging network - the Scientific American blogs . But this is just one of several blog networks hosted by Nature Publishing Group (NPG), Scientific American and/or our partners in other countries.You may remember a few months ago when Nature Network and English-language version of SciLog […]
By Kristen Weiss [caption id="attachment_3967" align="alignleft" width="427" caption="Leopard sharks are a common sight among the kelp forests and sandy bottoms surrounding Catalina Island. Photo by USC Scientific Diving Program."] [/caption] [More]
Pre-dawn emergency workers searched feverishly for survivors in the rubble of homes, primary schools and an hospital in an Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by a massive Monday afternoon tornado feared to have killed up to 91 people and injured well over 200 residents. [More]
We have just started a Pinterest page - follow it, and let us know how you like it. - Patrick Mustain - Dear American Consumers: Please don't start eating healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry [More]
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]