📚🌺 Hawai'i fire: books to understand how climate affects state

"Neglected areas with flammable invasive grasses, inadequate wildfire-resistant building standards, and decommissioned dams left the state vulnerable. A number of books written highlight how a large fire in Hawai‘i could have happened."

#hawaii #hawaiinews #ClimateChange #Climate #Books #bookstodon

https://howtobe247.com/hawaii-fire-books-to-understand-how-climate-affects-state/

Honolulu Civil Beat recently reported former Sacramento Mayor & NBA star Kevin Johnson has been lobbying for the controversial #HuHonua biofuel project in #Hawaii. In 2017, State Sen. Ron Kouchi invited Johnson & his wife, Michelle Rhee, to HI to promote the privatization of public education.
As I wrote back in 2017, Johnson has serious, unaddressed controversies: https://www.willcaronhawaii.com/blog/former-sacramento-mayor-reenters-politics-hawaii-scandals
#HawaiiNews #Journalism #Writing

The US Geological Survey anticipates that the #lavaflow from #MaunaLoa May reach Saddle Road in the next few days. If so, commuters who frequently travel between #Kona and #Hilo will be greatly impacted and inconvenienced. People will have to pray for the best, and be prepared for the worst. #bigisland #volcaniceruption #HawaiiEruption #hawaiivolcano #hawaii #usgs #hawaiinewsnow #hawaiinews

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/11/30/usgs-very-high-probability-that-lava-flow-mauna-loa-will-reach-key-hawaii-island-highway/