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January 15, 2009 Mapping the Planet’s Last Great Frontier: Joe Breman and International Underwater Explorations

The ocean depths may hold unfathomable mysteries and all manner of things for writers and filmmakers (think: The Abyss, The Big Blue, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), but for Joe Breman and his company, International Underwater...


January 15, 2009 Electric Vehicles on Maui – Part 2: Phoenix Rising

December 2008 was a good month for transportation initiatives on Maui that promise to significantly reduce greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions. Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares and Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle signed a memorandum of...


January 15, 2009 Making Hawaii A Better Place: Electric Cars Are In Our Future

On December 2nd, 2008, the State of Hawaii and Hawaiian Electric Company announced a partnership with the private company, Better Place, to introduce a model for clean energy in transportation: Zero-emission battery-powered...


January 15, 2009 Leading the Nation: Hawaii’s Clean Energy Initiative -- and Maui’s Trailblazing Role

As we enter 2009 and a new decade beckons, announcements heralding renewable energy projects have flowed thick and fast in Maui County. Whether it’s a 10-acre photovoltaic farm on Lanai, wind farm projects on Maui and Molokai, a...