From The Molokai Dispatch:
Molokai transportation may recharge as eco-energy specialists and community members have begun brainstorming how to introduce more electric vehicles (EV), charging stations, and energy and cost efficient ways to power them on the island.
“Molokai is an absolutely perfect fit for electric vehicles,” said Ethan Elkind, an EV expert and climate policy associate from the University of California Berkeley School of Law. Read more.
And here’s the latest in other neighbor isle gov’t and politics:
Kauai seed exchange celebrates growth of community food forest
Big Isle businesses get glimpse of Affordable Care Act changes
Group wants Paia School to be entirely immersion
Kahaluu proposal fueling cultural concerns
Lanai upbringing, lettuce keys to success in food truck challenge
Kauai clerk ordered to pay 71K in restitution
Mayor to hold event in Kihei on Saturday
Park cleaners welcome Kauai Marriott volunteers
PMRF, Navy help give facelift to Habitat for Humanity

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