The U.S. Department of Energy has been holding public meetings throughout the islands on a programmatic environmental impact statement for clean energy in Hawaii.
And the Friday meeting on the Big Island, where there has been opposition to further geothermal development, apparently grew heated.
Mayor Billy Kenoi faces a tough crowd in this video posted on YouTube:
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