FOL on KHNL
Please watch our new 60-second spot on KHNL: Friends of Lana’i recently launched a 60 second television commercial on Hawaii’s KHNL’s 5:00 PM news. Aimed at making its case with O’ahu residents and ratepayers, FOL talks about the uniqueness of Lana’i and the irresponsible costs that would be borne by rate and taxpayers for a wind power plant that provides nothing...
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Windfall
Laura Israel’s new film, Windfall, is now available on iTunes and Amazon. Watch what happens when a wind developer tried to supplement a rural farm town’s failing economy with another kind of “farm” — that of 40 industrial wind turbines. This “green” proposal divides the community of Meredith, New York — just as Big Wind has divided Lana‛i. A...
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I Aloha Moloka`i
Listen to the voices of I Aloha Moloka’i — our friends across the channel.
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Aftermath – I Aloha Moloka`i
PF Bentley takes us to the abandoned turbines at South Point on the Big Island to help us think about what Lana`i and Moloka`i might look like post-”Big Wind.”
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Wind Fall Out
Lana’i is a small, rural Hawaiian island facing the imposition of an enormous industrial wind power plant (170 turbines, each 410’ tall) on one-quarter of its land. Listen to Lana’i residents talk about the impacts of that invasion, hear commentary from government officials and learn about wind power from national experts.
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Google Earth Visualization / Fly Through
What would it look like to fly through the wind turbines if the Big Wind project succeeds?
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Haku Mo`olelo
“Haku Mo’olelo,” “writing stories,” is about stories that are being written or have been written. It appears every Friday in the Maui News. Haku Mo‘olelo July 22, 2011 By EDWIN TANJI (hakumoolelo@earthlink.net) , For The Maui News With Lanai residents paying some of the highest fuel prices in the country, the island has potential to set the pace for Hawaii in shucking...
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Dan Boylan’s Island Insights
Friends of Lana`i and I Aloha Moloka`i recently appeared on Dan Boylan’s Island Insights on Hawai`i PBS. You can watch the program in it’s entirety by following this...
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FOL on KHNL
Friends of Lana'i recently launched a 60 second television commercial on Hawaii's KHNL's 5:00 PM news. Aimed at making its case with O'ahu residents and ratepayers, FOL talks about the uniqueness of Lana'i and the irresponsible costs that would be borne by rate and taxpayers for a wind power plant that provides nothing for Lana'i while providing less than 5% of O'ahu's electricity requirements.
What Can You Do?
Call the Governor : 808-586-0034
Tell him: “NO WINDMILLS ON LANA’I”
Call the PUC : 808-586-2020
Tell them: “NO WINDMILLS ON LANA’I”
Email the PUC: hawaii.puc@hawaii.gov
Tell them: “NO WINDMILLS ON LANA’I”
You Can Say No!
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Lana`i Tomorrow – October 2011
Friends of Lana`i will be publishing Lana`i Tomorrow on an occasional basis to...
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