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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