Energy Justice on Hawaiʻi Island (Energy Justice in Hawaii)
Cooperative Energy, Geothermal, and More. The host for this show is Ali Andrews. The guests are Richard Ha and Jay Fidell. Hawaiʻi Island energy guru Richard Ha, and ThinkTechʻs own Jay Fidell, join us to discuss energy projects past, present, and future on Big Island, and their implications for Energy Justice on the island. The […]
Community Benefits for Energy Projects (Energy Justice in Hawaii)
What Are They and How Are They Equitable. The host for this show is Ali Andrews. The guest is Layla Kilolu. What are community benefits packages and how are they reached? How do communities perceive them and how do developers reach them? We explore some case studies of community benefits packages. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist […]
Community Ownership and Circular Economies (Energy Justice in Hawaii)
Building Collective Wealth in Clean Energy. The host for this show is Ali Andrews. The guest is Ikaika Hussey. We discuss ways of building collective equity locally in clean energy projects through the lens of Ikaika Husseyʻs work in clean energy at Hawaii Federated Industries and other local projects. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this […]
Community Benefits for Solar in West Maui (Energy Justice in Hawaii)
A Communityʻs Journey to Secure Benefits. The host for this show is Ali Andrews. The guests are Lance D. Collins, Bianca Isaki and Ryan Hurley. The West Maui Preservation Association (WMPA), a community group, went through a series of hearings and negotiations with Innergex’s Kahana Solar, LLC, a solar developer proposing an 8 MW solar […]
Holistic Energy Project Evaluation (Energy Justice in Hawaii)
Beyond Lowest Cost: What Do we Value. The host for this show is Ali Andrews. The guests are Todd Yamashita and Sébastien Selarque. A team of graduate students at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa collaborated with Hoʻāhu Energy Cooperative Molokai to draft a set of principles to evaluate energy project procurement call the Holistic Energy […]
Koʻolauloa Community Resilience Hub (Energy Justice in Hawaii)
Community-designed Energy Resiliency. The host for this show is Ali Andrews. The guest is Dotty Kelly-Paddock. We hear from community leader Dotty Kelly-Paddock about how the idea for an energy resilience hub in Hauʻula came about, how the community gives input on the design, and the project status going forward. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for […]
Is Hawaii Resilient to Extreme Weather (Energy Justice in Hawaii)
Frontline Communities Are Most Impacted. The hosts for this show are Ali Andrews and Jay Fidell. Recent extreme weather events such as the winter storm across Texas and the hurricane in New Orleans have shown us what happens when out energy infrastructure isnʻt resilient. These impacts can be felt harder in frontline communities that experience […]
Energy Justice Takes Root (Energy Justice in Hawaii)
Three Communities Speak Out. The host for this show is Ali Andrews. The guests are Todd Yamashita, Kapua Keliikoa-Kamai and Tevita Ka’ili. How community organizing shifts from opposing renewable energy projects that don’t match community values to building up projects that do match community values, focusing on the Hoahu community energy project and how other […]
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Wage growth and hiring slowed in April, prodding investors to slightly increase their bets on rate cuts this year. [...]
A cooler-than-expected jobs report for April shifted the tone on Wall Street, rekindling investors’ expectations that the Federal Reserve may cut rates soon. [...]
The Federal Reserve is shedding assets at a glacial pace, exposing the financial system to continuing risks, our columnist says. [...]
Hope Hicks, once a spokeswoman for Donald J. Trump, broke down in tears on the witness stand as she talked about their time together. [...]
The university said it would hold a celebration at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. More than 100 school-specific graduations and smaller receptions will also take place with tighter security. [...]
Labour wins a by-election and string of councils from the Tories, who retain the Tees Valley mayoralty. [...]
Analysis of the first wave of results in the local elections 2024. [...]
Labour wins by-election and string of councils from the Tories, who retain the Tees Valley mayoralty. [...]
The next UK general election has to be held by 28 January 2025, but could take place earlier. [...]
Labour has discovered a knack of winning in the local elections where they need to win in a general election. [...]
More than 200 firefighters were on site, trying to control the flames. Residents near the factory were advised to keep their windows and doors closed to protect themselves from fumes. [...]
The UN has said the destruction of housing in Gaza has not been seen on this scale since World War II. Meanwhile, Israel has confirmed the death of a man [...]
Canadian police have arrested three men thought to have been involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh activist whose death last year triggered a huge diplomatic row [...]
The US and EU responded to recent Iranian drone attacks on Israel by increasing sanctions. US President Joe Biden has been accused of laxity in their application. Is there any [...]
With dwindling interest among young people and a growing movement for animal rights, bullfighting, once thought of as an enduring part of Spanish culture, has become a hot-button topic in [...]
As protests over the Israel Hamas war roil college campuses across the U.S., similar protests are happening elsewhere in the world. We hear from some of them. And a quirky [...]
When marijuana becomes a Schedule III instead of a Schedule I substance under federal rules, researchers will face fewer barriers to studying it. But there will still be some roadblocks [...]
It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is [...]
Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals, having earned 10 at the Olympics. But on Friday she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award a civilian can get [...]
Students in the U.K., France and Mexico have sought to erect what many of them call "solidarity encampments," prompting a variety of responses from university authorities and local law enforcement. [...]
He captured Dylan’s shift from acoustic to electric, taking pictures that were featured on the covers of “Bringing It All Back Home” and “Highway 61 Revisited.” [...]
The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza [...]
A growing number of colleges and universities are negotiating deals with students to defuse tensions peacefully. [...]
Kenya’s president has postponed next week’s planned reopening of schools until further notice, as heavy rains and floods that have killed more than 200 people continue [...]
The Democratic lawmaker from Texas denied all the charges. He was indicted Friday alongside his wife, Imelda Cuellar. [...]
