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Life of the Land

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P.O. Box 37158, Honolulu, Hawai`i 96837-0158 Phone: 927-0709 henry.lifeoftheland@gmail.com Hu Honua Appeal to the Hawaii Supreme Court   SCOT-22-0000418  ( Major Documents ) TIMELINE   Date  Filing Jun 29 Hu Honua Appeal Sep 22 Hu Honua Motion to Expedite Sep 29 PUC, Tawhiri, LOL Motions in Opposition Oct  5 Hu Honua Opening Brief Nov 14 PUC, Tawhiri, LOL, CA, HECO Answering Briefs Nov 28 Hu Honua Reply Brief   Oral Arguments   Hawai`i Supreme Court Decision   Board of Directors Miwa Tamanaha  - President Lynette C ruz – Vice President David  Lane Henkin – Secretary Art M ori – Treasurer   Staff Henry Curtis   – Executive Director, Vice President for Consumer Issues ·   Peer Reviewer  (2021-22)  Initiative for Energy Justice (IEJ)  Justice  i n 100 Scorecard  -- Evaluating equity in 100% renewable energy or 100% clean energy laws   ·   Community-Co-Cha
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Legislature Ramrods Disastrous SB 2510 Through Political Process

  The Hawai`i State Legislature passed  SB 2510 CD1 .    The Hawai`i Senate demanded that the bill pass and asserted that it would kill numerous house bills if the house did not agree. The house went along with the senate and passed  bill that authorizes concurrent resolutions to alter state law. Allowing laws to be modified by resolutions is clearly unconstitutional.   Several requirements in SB 2510 have set off alarms. Not everyone opposes the bill for the same reason. But those who testified against the bill and/or think the bill is unworkable and should be vetoed is impressive: HECO, KIUC, Life of the Land, Ulupono Initiative, Blue Planet Foundation, Sierra Club, Tawhiri Wind, Hawaii Solar Energy Association, Tesla,  Longroad Energy, Progression Wind, Revolusun, and the Honolulu Star Advertiser.   One provision of SB2510 states:   “ Firm renewable generation shall be a minimum of 33.33 per cent of renewable energy generation for each island.  Notwithstanding any law to the
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Life of the Land Request

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  Hawaiian Electric calls Life of the Land the most prolific intervenor in Public Utilities Commission proceedings, where laws, utilities, and intervenors meet to affect the future of Hawaii. Coal, LNG, reliability, resilience, wind turbine, rooftop solar, utility fire walls, equity, justice, Hu Honua, AES, HECO, Hawai`i Gas, hydrogen, energy efficiency, KIUC, Moloka`i energy co-op, geothermal, the cost of electricity, climate change, pandemic supply change disruptions. Life of the Land is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Donations are tax-deductible. Mahalo for those who have contributed to support our efforts. This is our annual fundraiser. We need your continued support , whether it is $5 or $50,000. We won two landmark Hawaii Supreme Court decisions in 2019 and 2020 requiring lifecycle greenhouse gas analysis in all PUC electric and gas proceedings. The Hu Honua Evidentiary Hearing is planned for January 2020. Hawaii Gas will produce its LNG greenhouse gas analysis in Decemb
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Life of the Land Comments on Legal Settlement for Pearl Harbor Contamination

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Life of the Land filed comments on May 24, 2021, regarding the US Department of Justice`s proposed settlement of a major Pearl Harbor contamination site. The Federal Register included a Notice by the Justice Department on April 23, 2021, regarding a Settlement for Walker Bay pollution.  Environment Hawai`i provided a link to the Settlement Agreement .  Life of the Land opposes the proposed settlement. Life of the Land is intimately familiar with military pollution and clean-up issues, especially Walker Bay, the most polluted pesticide site in Hawai`i, a site involving dioxin, the most dangerous man-made pollutant.  One Hawai`i Department of Health (HDOH) official said it was the most contaminated site in the U.S. west of the Rockies. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Dioxins, and Furans are a class of related chemicals that vary in toxicity. One can examine the amount and toxicity of each of the chemicals found at a contaminated site and convert them to the equivalent toxicity of t
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Life of the Land

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 Aloha Life of the Land is a 501(c)3 charitable organization founded in February 1970. Donations are tax-deductible Life of the Land is Hawai`i’s own energy, environmental and community action group advocating for the people and `aina for over 50 years. Our mission is to preserve and protect the life of the land through sound energy and land use policies and to promote open government through research, education, advocacy and, when necessary, litigation. Life of the Land supports sustainable agriculture, affordable housing, non-combustion-based energy, and a progressive economy. Life of the Land asserts that every energy project has positive and negative economic, environmental, social, cultural, geographic, greenhouse gas, taxpayer ratepayer impacts, unintended side-effects, cumulative impacts, and other externalities.
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Net Zero Games

For illustrative purposes, assume that a tree has a lifespan of 100 years. The tree absorbs more carbon dioxide as a mature tree and less as a sapling or when it is old. Years CO2 absorbed per year Total CO2 absorbed Total 0-10 1 10   10-50 5 200 210 50-70 5 100   70-100 3 90 400   One form of math : After 50 years the tree has absorbed 210 units. The tree is chopped down and burned, releasing the 210 back into the atmosphere.  The tree is replaced with a new tree which in the next 50 years absorbs 210 units from the atmosphere.   Since 210 was chopped and 210 planted, they cancel out over a period of 100 years and the operation is net-zero. The second form of math : If nothing happened then 400 units would be absorbed over 100 years, but because of the tree operation only 210 was absorbed resulting in a loss of 190.  In addition, the tree operation inv
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