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	<title>Conservation Hawai‘i &#187; Environment</title>
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		<title>Recycle Hawaii Awarded Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a grant from Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and The Coca-Cola Co., Big Island nonprofit Recycle Hawaii can now do even more to keep Hawaii beautiful. KAB and Coca-Cola have teamed up to support recycling efforts across the country. They have awarded recycling bins to a variety of organizations – including nonprofits, community and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kampachi&#8217;s Controversial Fish Farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Big Island fish farm is calling its aquaculture water pen a success so far, but others believe the experiment is a mistake. Kampachi Farms, run by former operators of Kona Blue Water Farms, has been growing fish in an underwater pen off the Big Island’s Kona Coast.  The pen is kept 30 feet below the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Island Donkeys To Be Relocated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hawaii has recently received some much-needed assistance to remove former plantation workers now roaming the Big Island. Donkeys were originally brought to Hawaii to help farmers in the coffee fields on the Big Island. But when these beasts of burden were no longer needed, they were let loose. Hawaii Humane Society officials believe that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puna Papaya Farms Destroyed by Trespassers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While many residents are working hard to support local agriculture and a sustainable lifestyle, others are destroying the very fruits of their labor.  Just last month, three papaya farms on 10 acres of land on the Big Island were destroyed.  With the trespassers still at large, the community has come together to discuss possible motivations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii Welcomes Two New Solar Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While wind and hydroelectric projects are being held up by community and conservation concerns, two new solar projects are moving forward.  One project will turn an industrial disposal site into a solar farm and the other will bring solar power to several state military sites. On Thursday, August 18, 2011, a Hawaiian blessing was performed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Feed-In Tariff Fail?</title>
		<link>http://www.conservationhawaii.org/feed-in-tariff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our state’s best options for clean, renewable energy is solar.  Solar farms are being built and solar panels are increasingly installed on homes and businesses throughout the islands.  Even shopping centers and military bases are getting on board, helping Hawaii move closer to our 2030 clean energy goals.  The state has encouraged residents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HECO and Big Wind Forced to Consider Energy Alternatives</title>
		<link>http://www.conservationhawaii.org/big-wind-alternatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Public Utilities Commission (PUC) ruling threw a big wrench in Hawaiian Electric Company’s (HECO) Big Wind plans, forcing HECO to consider alternative energy proposals.  According to the ruling, proposals must be for 200 megawatts of renewable energy, but need not be focused on wind. So while HECO has been forced to pause and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii Conservation Week</title>
		<link>http://www.conservationhawaii.org/hawaii-conservation-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an ideal world, everyone would celebrate and participate in some type of conservation effort or activity every day, whether it’s water conservation, energy conservation, environmental conservation or even cultural conservation. This week, the Hawaii Conservation Alliance is helping to make that possible by supporting and hosting daily Conservation Week events. Conservation Week kicked off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illegal Animals On Our Islands</title>
		<link>http://www.conservationhawaii.org/illegal-animals-on-our-islands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conservationhawaii.org/?p=615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Biosecurity is an important piece of the conservation puzzle, particularly for an archipelago community like Hawaii.  Recent news of an increased risk of the brown tree snake ending up in the islands has reignited a discussion about invasive species and the detrimental effects they can have on our environment.  That discussion &#8211; and the renewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legacy Land Conservation Program Seeking Proposals</title>
		<link>http://www.conservationhawaii.org/legacy-land-conservation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conservationhawaii.org/legacy-land-conservation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conservationhawaii.org/?p=606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to protect Hawaii’s natural, cultural, and historical resources, the Legacy Land Conservation Program (LLCP) was created. Through this program, state and county agencies and non-profit land conservation organizations may apply for grants to be used to acquire and protect land that has significant and rare resources, before it is bought and developed [...]]]></description>
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