Plan Calls For Homeowners To Turn To Solar Power OAHU, Hawaii -- One key push in the governor's plan will come in creating new jobs in green industries. It will be linked with a way to try and wean the state off fossil fuels. At Kahe power plant on Oahu energy is generated when the turbines, switches and stream all work to produce the electricity to power the island. The growing demand from homes and businesses is a beast to feed, but the governor's plan to turn away from fossil...
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It is no surprise that Hawaii is one of the most popular places to view the night skies. Astronomers worldwide have been coming and observing the stars and planets for years. Have they taken it too far? In July of 2009 the federal government selected the Big Island of Hawaii to be the home of a thirty-meter telescope. This telescope would require the flattening of the last original plateau on top of Mauna Kea at an elevation of 13,796 feet. Local Hawaiians and environmental groups are against this decision. There...
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Each island in Hawaii is unique in itself. Hawaii is like no other place on earth. With the perfect growing conditions for the large variety of Hawaiian tropicals. The islands are comprised of several diverse ecosystems, varying from rain forest to desert scrub and coastal strand to alpine. A spectrum of tropical environments, ranging from persistently or seasonably wet to dry, is found in Hawaii, which explains the floral diversity. Tropical exotics grow deep in the rain forests where there is plenty of rainfall. The high elevations of Haleakala provide...
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