Kindness is Gangster (Sister Power)

Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Giving back. Serving homeless people in Los Angeles. The Culver City church has helped thousands of homeless people in the Venice Beach area by giving them food, clothing, toiletries, and blankets. The host […]

Pacific Biodiesel

Bob King, of Pacific Biodiesel Technologies, appears on Hawaii, State of Clean Energy with Veronica Rocha, Sharon Moriwaki, and Jay Fidell to share updates on Pacific Biodiesel and locally produced renewable energy in Hawaii. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier […]

Hawaii Clean Energy Day The Energy Code

Energy efficiency—trading in gas-gulpers in buildings for gas-sippers—is the fastest, cheapest, , easiest way of keeping energy dollars in citizens’ pockets. The fastest, easiest way of transforming to high efficiency is by adopting new building energy codes. On Code Green, Howard Wiig shows how inexpensive energy efficiency is and argues that because energy codes are […]

Sustainable Transportation

What is the Sustainable Transportation Coalition of Hawaii? Shem Lawlor, Clean Transportation Director at Blue Planet Foundation, appears on Hawaii State of Clean Energy with Maria Tome and Jay Fidell to explain the the Sustainable Transportation Coalition and it work in coalescing for clean transportation. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am […]

HDOTs Update

Maria Tome, Chief Engineer at the State of Hawaii Public Utilities Commission and Jay Fidell welcome Darrell Young, Deputy Director of Harbors Division at Hawaii State Department of Transportation (HDOT), to Hawaii State of Clean Energy to discuss HDOT’s progress in clean transportation. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 […]

Innovating for 100%

Vincent Kimura, CEO of Smart Yields, appears on Hawaii State of Clean Energy with Jay Fidell and Jill Sims to discuss applying technology and education to Hawaii’s agriculture sector. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check […]

Fueling Hawaii

Nadine Nakamura is the State Representative from District 14 (East & North Kauai). Earning her Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning, Representative Nakamura was a planning consultant before entering politics. In 2010 she was elected as Kauai County Council member, then in 2013 became the Managing Director in Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho’s administration. She was […]

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Suddenly, Chinese Spies Seem to Be Popping Up All Over Europe

A flurry of arrests this week reflect the continent’s newly toughened response to Beijing’s espionage activities and political meddling. [...]

After video surfaced on social media, the student, Khymani James, said on Friday that his comments were wrong. [...]

Columbia’s University Senate Calls for an Investigation Into the Administration

The senators voted for a resolution that accused the administration of breaching the due-process rights of students and professors. [...]

Barnard Ends Suspensions for Most Student Protesters Who Were Arrested

The students had been among more than 100 who were suspended for participating in an encampment at Columbia University. [...]

Protests Threaten College Graduations, Denying Seniors Second Chance at Normalcy

After Covid ruined high school graduation for the class of 2020, the response to campus protests might upend their college commencements. [...]

Pentagon to 'rush' Patriot missiles to Ukraine

The $6bn package includes air defence munitions but not the missile systems Ukraine says it badly needs. [...]

At last some cautious optimism after the royal gloom

Buckingham Palace has broken the long silence over the King's health with some positive messages. [...]

BBC returns to beach where five migrants died - and many more will attempt crossing

Andrew Harding saw migrants board an overcrowded boat in Wimereux, northern France, on Tuesday. [...]

British man injured in Tobago shark attack

The 64-year-old was 10 metres off the shore when he was attacked by a bull shark, a local official says. [...]

'I had no idea my son's body was buried in the garden'

Yvonne Valentine sat having a Christmas drink with her son's partner, unaware she had killed him. [...]

Germany is welcoming an increasing number of foreign doctors, which the country needs. But how rewarding is it for doctors to work in the German health care system, and what [...]

Amid tensions and accusations of a constitutional coup, Togo heads to the polls next week. The African nation stands at a crossroads of democracy and dissent. [...]

Last year, a pilot program was launched in a Canadian province allowing adults to carry up to 2.5 grams of hard drugs for personal use. Soaring drug use in public [...]

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been detected in 38 herds of cows across nine states. Despite one Texas farm worker being infected the risk to humans remains low, according to [...]

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa is looking back on a democratic but deeply divided society. Political divisions have fueled a growing disappointment with Nelson Mandela's liberation [...]

UAW strike at Daimler Truck averted at 11th hour

More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the workers will get raises of at least 25% [...]

Midwest tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbs

Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha. Hundreds of homes and other structures have been [...]

Biden administration abandons plan to ban menthol cigarettes, citing 'feedback'

An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives." [...]

In Columbia University's protests of 1968 and 2024, what's similar — and different

There are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart. [...]

Climate activist who defaced Edgar Degas sculpture exhibit sentenced

A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art. [...]

Tornadoes tore through Lincoln and Elkhorn in Nebraska on Friday before heading into Iowa. Severe weather is expected to continue through the weekend. [...]

Anthony Edwards scored 36 points, Rudy Gobert added 19 points and 14 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves used a hot-shooting third quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns 126-109 on Friday [...]

The people were shot late Friday night at the entrance to the Decades nightclub in the Dupont Circle area, according to police and a patron. [...]

Three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele shot an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the LIV Tour’s Adelaide tournament at The Grange Golf Club [...]

Winnipeg defenseman Brenden Dillon quickly made his way down the tunnel with his hand bleeding after a fight at the end of the game Friday night [...]

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