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Taxonomy Archive: non-continental
20 Apr 2018 |
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Renewable energy and sustainable communities: Alaska’s wind generator experience
BACKGROUND: In 1984, the Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development (DCED) issued the State’s first inventory/economic assessment of wind generators, documenting installed wind generator capacity and the economics of replacing diesel-fuel-generated electricity. Alaska’s wind generation capacity had grown from ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Hawaii Report on Climate Change and Health
Hawaiʻi has addressed climate change on its State policy agenda for several years via initiatives such as Hawai’i State Green Growth (HGG) and Aloha Plus Challenge Initiative, the Hawai’i Climate Adaption Initiative Act (Act 83), and Act 286, HRS 226- 109. The increasing global, national and regional scientific evidence relating ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Alaska’s terrifying wildfire season and what it says about climate change
The fires are just the latest indicator of a climatic transformation that is remaking the state — its forests, its coasts, its glaciers, and perhaps most of all, the frozen ground beneath — more than any other in America.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Establishing the Hawai’i Working Group on Climate Change and Health: Encouraging public health focus on the impacts of climate change through intersectoral collaboration, key partnerships and greater community involvement
HPHA is an affiliate of the APHA and an association of community members, public health professionals and organizations dedicated to improving public health. HPHA represents a membership of over 650 practioners, professionals, and students in the field of public health statewide. HPHA also serves as a voice for public health ...