Hawaii House proposal includes governor, union leaders, on “Green State Bank” board of directors

By   /  March 6, 2012  /  Energy, News  /  No Comments

HONOLULU — Most of us have heard of the store, Abercrombie and Fitch, and of course, Gov. Neil Abercrombie, but what about the Bank of Abercrombie?

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‘Fire Sale’ Prices Can’t Save Chevy Volt

By   /  March 5, 2012  /  WatchBlog  /  No Comments

SACRAMENTO — Wouldn’t you know it: No sooner did General Motors start shipping its Chevrolet Volt toCalifornialast month before the automaker decided to halt production of the low-emission vehicle.

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Austin to ban plastic, paper grocery bags in March 2013; $2M to go for reusable bags for the poor, public awareness

By   /  March 2, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

AUSTIN — A benevolent as well as unanimous Austin City Council at 2 a.m. today granted its citizens the right to use only reusable bags when they shop and will charge them $2 million to explain why it was necessary.

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Hawaii’s Gov’s battle over Hoopili plan to build 11,500 homes on farmland

By   /  March 1, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

By Malia Zimmerman | Hawaii Reporter
HONOLULU – Former Gov. Benjamin Cayetano will join former Gov. John Waihee and State Sen. Clayton Hee, D-Kahaluu, in testifying against the Hoopiliproject, a master planned development project on Oahu’s Ewa plain that could add as many as 11,500 new homes and incorporate the city’s proposed $5.3 billion elevated steel [...]

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Gleickgate Pollutes Enviro Movement

By   /  February 24, 2012  /  Energy, Featured, News  /  No Comments

By Wayne Lusvardi | CalWatchdog
SACRAMENTO — The environmental movement is suffering from a cluster of scandals.
First there was Climategate.
Then there was Climategate 2.0.

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