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Hawaii's Energy Excelerator opens headquarters in Downtown Honolulu

2014-08-30 23:41:18| Energy - Topix.net

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, center, talks about the importance of the Energy Excelerator program, as its co-director, Dawn Lippert, left, and Connie Lau, right, president and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Industries, which funded the build-out of the program's new Downtown Honolulu headquarters, look on.

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Travel: Street art, not beaches, in Hawaii's Kakaako neighborhood

2014-08-24 15:21:16| Airlines - Topix.net

The heart of this Honolulu neighborhood stretches along Ala Moana Boulevard roughly from Ward Street on the east to South Street on the west, and north to about Queen Street.

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Invasive species worsen damage from Hawaii's storms

2014-08-22 20:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Damage from Hurricane Iselle, which recently battered Hawaii's Big Island, was exacerbated by invasion of non-native tree species, say experts who have studied the transformation of Hawaii's native forests. Iselle, which made landfall on the Big Island on August 7, was the third-strongest tropical cyclone to hit Hawaii since 1950. It caused upwards of $50 million in damage, mostly from lost fruit harvest and impacts on infrastructure and housing. Much of the damage was caused by downed trees,...

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