NEWS
Politics As Usual Could Put Hawaii and Its Clean Energy Future at Risk
03/24/2009
The people of Hawai‘i want and deserve an end to our dependence on imported oil. However, politics-as-usual could put our state and its clean energy future at risk.
We have been here before. Following the1973 oil embargo, our state was at a crossroads. The choices were clear: move toward greater self-reliance and use of our abundant natural resources, or let special interests and near-sighted politics give us more of the same.
Though “more of the same” would have dire consequences in terms of our environment and our energy and economic security, it now looks as if we may go down this same path again.