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Melissa MIyashiro at Blue Planet Foundation (Community Matters)

Embarking on a New Chapter. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Melissa Miyashiro. Blue Planet Foundation, a Hawaii nonprofit foundation, believes Hawaii is a model of clean energy progress that can inspire and catalyze climate solutions globally. As Blue Planet’s Executive Director, Melissa Miyashiro heads the overall organizational management, direction, […]

Making Hawaii s Clean Energy Transportation Goals a Reality

Shem Lawlor is the Clean Transportation Director at Blue Planet Foundation. Shem joins Beatriz Cantelmo on Perspectives on Global Justice to discuss Hawaii’s goal for 100% renewable energy by 2045 and recent clean energy advances in the transportation sector. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, […]

Taking Steps Towards Clean Energy and a Sustainable Community

Jeff Mikulina is the Chief Executive Officer of the Blue Planet Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission to clear the path for clean energy. Prior to working with Blue Planet, Jeff served as director of the largest environmental organization in Hawai‘i, the Sierra Club, for a 10 years. His accomplishments in policy advocacy include working […]

Sustainable Mode Share Targets – Blue Planet Foundation and Hawaii Bicycling League

Achieving a more sustainable Hawaii requires reducing the number of cars and increasing the supply and quality of alternative modes of travel. Our guests, Daniel Alexander and Shem Lawlor, discuss multi-modal transportation planning and the intricacies of setting and achieving mode share targets. Tune in to see what other cities are doing and how Honolulu […]

Blue Planet Doing Well By Doing Good

Jay Fidell and Lori Winged take a look at Blue Planet Foundation to see what they are working on. Interviews include David Kwock, General Manager, Casey Pelkey, VP of Marketing for Blue Planet Software, Shawn Taras, Exec. Producer for Blue Planet Software, Ace Youm, Creative Director for Tetris Online, Henk Rogers, Founder and CEO of […]

Power from the People – Action Demand Response – Melissa Miyashiro and David Aquino

Blue Planet Foundation’s Director of Innovation, David Aquino, joins our special guest host, Melissa Miyashiro, to discuss action demand response– that is, learn how engaging customers in demand reduction through specific, personalized messages. We’ll learn about some of the latest research on action demand response and announce the launch of a local pilot study to […]

Blue Planet’s Energy Business – Gregg Murphy

Gregg Murphy, V.P. of Sales, Blue Planet Energy describes potential energy innovations which would put Hawaii in the forefront of creating a clean energy economy and realizing the bold dream of 100% clean electrical energy by 2045. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then […]

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- Amy Julia Harris, Chelsia Rose Marcius, Nicole Hong, Joseph Goldstein and Erin Nolan
Outsiders Were Among Columbia Protesters, but They Dispute Instigating Clashes

City officials have blamed “external actors” for escalating demonstrations at Columbia University and elsewhere, but student protesters reject the claim. [...]

- Richard Fausset
From Free Speech to Free Palestine: Six Decades of Student Protest

The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests [...]

- Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, William K. Rashbaum and Maggie Haberman
Donald J. Trump’s Scandals Captivate the Court, but Hush-Money Case Hangs on Dry Details

Prosecutors started their criminal case against Donald J. Trump with eye-catching and lurid stories, but the heart of the matter is invoices and ledger entries. [...]

- Liam Stack, Aaron Boxerman, Amanda Taub and Ken Belson
Parts of Gaza in ‘Full-Blown Famine,’ U.N. Aid Official Says

Cindy McCain, the director of the World Food Program, said starvation is entrenched in northern Gaza and is “moving its way south.” [...]

- William Grimes
Frank Stella, Towering Artist and Master of Reinvention, Dies at 87

He moved American art away from Abstract Expressionism toward cool minimalism. His explorations of color and form were endlessly discussed and constantly on exhibit. [...]

Labour adds to Tory misery with mayoral wins

The party sees victory in London, Manchester and clinches a close win in the West Midlands mayor race. [...]

Evening of drama as Labour squeak West Midlands win

Labour won with just over 1,500 votes more than the Tories in an incredibly close race. [...]

Who won the mayoral elections... in 90 seconds

Voters in England have taken to the polls in contests to elect new mayors across the country. [...]

How Sadiq Khan won over London for the third time

The Labour candidate clinched a third-successive term as mayor of London - but what next? [...]

Local election results in maps and charts

Analysis of results in the local elections 2024, including the London mayor and councils around England. [...]

The Kremlin did not specify why the Ukrainian president had been added, only that a criminal case had been opened against him. Tens of thousands are already on the list, [...]

Famine has beset northern Gaza and spreading to the south, says World Food Program Director Cindy McCain, adding that people must not be allowed to starve to death. DW has [...]

Afghanistan's diplomat Zakia Wardak said she was stepping down as the consul-general in Mumbai because of organized attacks against her. Her statement made no mention of the alleged gold smuggling [...]

The day after announcing he would leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season, Marco Reus led his side to a Bundesliga win. But a Champions League final could [...]

Spain has rejected claims that Madrid is bringing "death and poverty" to its people, posted by Argentine President Javier Milei. Previously, a Spanish minister seemed to indicate Milei had used [...]

- Miranda Mazariegos
Renowned painter and pioneer of minimalism Frank Stella dies at 87

Frank Stella was one of America's leading minimalist artists and a pioneer of the minimalist movement of the early 1960s. The movement challenged the idea that art was meant to [...]

- Emma Bowman
NYC says half of those arrested at 2 pro-Palestinian campus protests were not students

Following the mayor's claims that "outside agitators" escalated protests this week at two Manhattan campuses, city officials released data saying 134 of the 282 people arrested were not students. [...]

- Juliana Kim
Caitlin Clark shines in her WNBA debut, a preseason sellout

The NCAA's all-time leading scorer played in her first professional game in the Indiana Fever's match against the Dallas Wings on Friday night. Clark's 21 points were impressive but not [...]

- Chloe Veltman
'Zillow Gone Wild' brings wacky real estate listings to HGTV

Zillow Gone Wild started in 2020 as an Instagram account devoted to eccentric property listings. The show focuses on homes that defy everyday expectations in some way. [...]

- The Associated Press
Canadian police arrest 3 suspects in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader

Police said they arrested three Indian nationals in the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar last June that became the center of a diplomatic spat with India. [...]

- Chuck Culpepper

In a photo finish, Mystik Dan prevailed in the 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby. [...]

- Associated Press

Several thousand Georgians have marked Orthodox Easter with a candlelight vigil outside Parliament in the capital, Tbilisi [...]

- Ruby Cramer, Marianna Sotomayor, Susan Svrluga

The university called the Virginia State Police to help clear an encampment in Charlottesville. [...]

- Mark Stevenson | AP

The state prosecutor’s office says three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico’s Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went [...]

- Ben Golliver

Former Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer has poured unlimited resources into the Clippers, but they continue to come up short in the postseason. [...]

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