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- By Pat Elder
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Dec. 11, 2022
Many on Oahu have expressed the view that the U.S. Navy command is entirely incompetent in its response to last year’s fuel leak and the recent leak of firefighting foam containing highly concentrated carcinogenic PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances), commonly known as “forever chemicals.”
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- By Logan Lee
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Dec. 4, 2022
As a Native Hawaiian, climate change has a special place in my heart. When I was young, I would be told that, in turn for the ‘aina taking care of us, we would take care of the ‘aina.
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- By Travis Idol, the Rev. Jenn Latham and John Cheever
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Dec. 4, 2022
Caring for Creation. It is a phrase that many may have heard, especially those who are religious or spiritual.
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- By Clint Churchill and Ed MacNaughton
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Dec. 4, 2022
We need to do everything practical to address the reality of climate change. The time seems right to assess the challenges that have emerged since the state’s 2015 “100% renewable energy by 2045” goal and law — primarily Oahu challenges:
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- By Sanoe Songsong
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Nov. 6, 2022
As a member of the younger generation born and raised in Hawaii, I have grown up seeing the effects of empty promises made by our elected officials.
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- By Seyeon Moon
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Nov. 6, 2022
Josh Green is the candidate who will advance Hawaii to a brighter future without sacrificing our community’s core values.
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- By Scott R. Wilson
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Oct. 30, 2022
In the four decades following its founding, Outdoor Circle members planted tens of thousands of trees throughout Honolulu and Leeward Oahu beautifying not only our streets, schools, playgrounds and parks, but military bases as well.
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- By Audrey Lin
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Oct. 30, 2022
Since I was a little girl, growing up in the California Bay Area, my family would take frequent road trips to Yosemite. I still remember driving into Tunnel’s View, basking in the magnitude and sheer size of the valley.
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- By Roger McKeague
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Oct. 16, 2022
As Free Speech Week is recognized Oct. 17-23, we celebrate the value of this critical right, granted to every U.S. citizen as part of the First Amendment to the Constitution in 1791.
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- By Chip Fletcher and Colin Lee
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Sept. 18, 2022
Thank you to the Star-Advertiser for airing the needed dialogue regarding shoreline setbacks and seawalls. Climate change and its impacts such as sea level rise will play an increasingly important role in local discussions as the effects become even more apparent.
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- By Wendy Chun-Hoon
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Sept. 4, 2022
As the unofficial end to summer, Labor Day is one holiday that celebrates both nostalgia and newness; working and vacationing.
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- By Carol Wear
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Sept. 4, 2022
The place where child-care providers and parents meet is one of life’s most vulnerable and special intersections.
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- By Helen Cox
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Aug. 28, 2022
The federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that was recently passed takes a monumental step toward preserving a livable Earth for ourselves, our children, our grandchildren and future generations.
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- By Matt Geyer
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Aug. 28, 2022
With President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the U.S. has made the most significant federal investment in history to counter climate change.
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- By Susan Maddox and Wally Lau
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Aug. 7, 2022
There is no doubt Hawaii public schools — students, teachers and administrators — have been through a rough few years. COVID-19 disrupted many aspects of our community, and schools were among the hardest hit.
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- By Josh Green
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July 31, 2022
Today, Hawaii faces a number of historic challenges we must meet in the next several years. By 2026, a Green administration will make significant progress on these critical issues:
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- By Kaialii Kahele
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July 31, 2022
The year is 2026, and after four years of the Kahele administration, the state of Hawaii has made tangible steps toward solving its biggest challenges. Riding the momentum of a truly grassroots movement, the Kahele administration has changed the course of politics across state and local government.
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- By Vicky Cayetano
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July 31, 2022
What does Hawaii look like under Gov. Vicky Cayetano’s administration in 2026?
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- By Rob York and Akhil Ramesh
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July 3, 2022
Thanks to its strategic location, and through institutions like the East-West Center, Daniel K. Inouye Center for Security Studies and Indo-Pacific Command, Hawaii has hosted high-level dialogues between leaders and experts from Japan, Korea, Australia, the Pacific Islands and more.
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- By Carl O. Schuster
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July 3, 2022
The People’s Republic of China just launched its third aircraft carrier in a decade, the CNS Fujian, on June 17. More importantly, it is China’s first catapult-assisted takeoff but arrested recovery (CATOBAR) carrier, giving it far greater capability than its ski-jump predecessors.
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- By Vicky Cayetano
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June 26, 2022
Rain bombs, sea level rise, massive brush fires, coral bleaching. In the last decade, Hawaii has experienced an increase in these threats to our island chain. The cause is climate change.
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