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Hawaii's Hottest Issue: Update On Geothermal Development, Paul Faulstich
Hawaii's Hottest Issue: Update On Geothermal Development, Paul Faulstich
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Walking through Hawai'i's Wao Kele O Puna rainforest, you can hear the coarse volcanic soil crunch underfoot. A surrealistic calm lingers in the thick air while songbirds call out from the understory. Yet this is a forest under siege.
Geothermal developers want to tap the volcanic heat beneath the Wao Kele O Puna forest and use it to make electricity and profits.
Hawaiians Fight For The Rainforest, Paul Faulstich
Hawaiians Fight For The Rainforest, Paul Faulstich
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
On March 25, 141 were arrested as part of the largest demonstration yet against the drilling of geothermal wells in the Wao Kele O Puna Rainforest on the Big Island of Hawaii. The geothermal project, undertaken by True Geothermal Company and endorsed by Hawaii's governor and other high-powered, short-sighted people, has already invaded the largest intact tropical lowland rainforest in the United States. The demonstration drew over 1500 protesters,